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Google Hangouts Just Got a Whole Lot More Fun
Google is improving its Hangouts for Chrome plug-in with yet another new feature. Now, instead of only being able to send emoji, text messages and pictures to your friends, you can also show off a bit...
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Hangouts for Chrome No Longer Requires Lame Plugins to Video Chat
Pet peeve #1,035: when you have to download a plugin to get a program to work properly. It happens all the time, and it’s one of the biggest tragedies of technology. Google feels your pain, and is...
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Google Tests a New Chat Heads-Style Design for Hangouts Chat
See full gallery on TechnoBuffalo Google’s new Material Design is supposed to extend to every screen the company touches from your smartwatch to your desktop computer. Today, we’re getting a first...
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Glympse Keyboard for Android Lets You Share Your Location Inside Other Apps
Glympse has long allowed users to share their location with friends on Android, but traditionally you’ve had to open up the dedicated Glympse app to do so. That’s no longer the case thanks to the...
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Hangouts Introduces Improved Noise Filters To Silence Your Loud Typing
Google Hangouts no longer mutes you when it detects keyboard noise. Google says improved ambient noise filters will reduce the sound of your clicky mechanical keyboard, and mute that noise out...
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Google Launches Hangouts Chrome App For Windows and Chrome OS
Google on Thursday released a standalone Hangouts application that should help improve the chat experience across two platforms. The Hangouts Chrome App is available now for both Windows computers and...
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Google Hangouts Gets Smarter with New Android Update
See full gallery on TechnoBuffalo Hangouts is already a pretty solid messaging service, but it’s missing some of the flashier features we take for granted on competitors like iMessage or Facebook...
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Hangouts for Desktop Updated with Better Notifications
Earlier this week, Google announced a pretty big update for its Hangouts app on Android. Now, the company is pushing out a separate update for Windows and Chromebook desktops that adds a few useful...
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Kim Dotcom’s Secure, Browser-Based Skype Rival is Here
Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, has been hard at work on a Skype rival that promises to deliver more secure video calling. It’s called MegaChat, and it’s a browser-based app that you can start...
View ArticleWhatsApp, Hangouts, Facebook Messenger and more come to Pushbullet for desktop
Pushbullet, an all-around notification application that lets you see all of your phone notifications on your computer and send files between the two devices, now allows you to reply directly to...
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Google may finally spinoff Photos and Hangouts from Google+
Google’s social network will probably never be as popular as Facebook, but it still packs some powerful tools. We love how Google+ handles photos and we use Hangouts for messaging all the time. Now,...
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Scary Android security flaw invites hackers right in
Hackers can do plenty of things to your phone if you purposefully open attachments or install unapproved third-party applications. But what if you don’t do any of that? What if you think you’re just a...
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Hangouts 4.0 brings Material Design overhaul, speed improvements and more
Of all the chat applications I use — and there are quite a few that I employ daily — Hangouts is the most important. I use it for video chats, for talking with my friends and colleagues and more....
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WhatsApp Web is now available to iPhone users
WhatsApp Web is finally available to those with an iPhone, almost six months after it first launched on Android. The app allows WhatsApp users to chat on through their browser, so they don’t have to...
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Google prepping YouTube, Hangouts and more for Windows 10, rumor says
A new report claims Google will bring some of its most popular apps and services to Windows 10. According to W4Phub, the news could be announced at Microsoft’s big event on Tuesday. The initial list...
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Hangouts 5.0 now available for Android devices
Google recently updated Hangouts to version 5.0, and users can download the latest version now. You won’t find a brand new user interface or huge front-facing changes, as we’ve seen in earlier...
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Google Hangouts to lose SMS and MMS integration, report says
Google’s Hangouts has always existed as this weirdly nebulous platform that’s not quite on the level of an iMessage or WhatsApp. It’s easy to use when communicating with other Google users, but it has...
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Google Hangouts now uses peer-to-peer connections for better call quality
Google has made a big change to Hangouts to improve audio and video quality by connecting call participants directly “when possible.” By cutting out its own servers, Google hopes to provide users with...
View ArticleGoogle Hangouts is ditching SMS support on May 22
Google has confirmed that it is removing SMS messaging support from Hangouts on May 22. In an email to G Suite admins, the company doesn’t provide a reason for the move, but explains that users will be...
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Google is finally killing off Gchat and replacing it with Hangouts
The day has arrived. Google is finally pulling the plug on Gchat and replacing it with Google Hangouts. Gchat, also known as Google Talk, was introduced back in 2005 as a simple chat experience between...
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