Hangouts was developed by the company Google Inc, with the purpose of serving as a multiplatform messaging, uniting the services of Google Talk, Google+ Messenger and Google+ Hangouts in a single application; For 2017, it was announced that Hangouts would be aimed at the use of companies with two types of services, such as Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet; If you are already using Hangouts, surely you want to start adding contacts to use the app, here we tell you how.
But it did not have much acceptance by users; Then, in 2019, information was announced about the closure of “Classic” Hangouts and the transfer of Google Suite clients to Hangouts Chat; In addition, Google Hangouts is a very good option to make video calls and conduct question and answer sessions with several people.
Let’s talk a little more about its beginnings
By the year 2013, there were some rumors about the benefit of a new messaging developed by Google, but its real name at that time was Babble. Subsequently, the design and operation of the service in Gmail were changed, emojis were included, a name change such as Babel and that its premiere or promotion would be for the month of May 2013, during the meeting of Google I programmers. /EITHER; however, the name was changed to Hangouts at the last minute.
Some features of Hangouts messaging
Below we will mention some of its most relevant functions, among them we have:
- You can have a conversation with several users at the same time and at the web level make video calls with a maximum of fifteen people and from a smartphone with ten
- In addition, during this dialogue you can send and save photos, images, gifs, emoji icons and they are stored in the cloud, just like the conversation; Something important is that Google Voice has been added to make international calls.
- Another detail is that you can see if the contact is connected for the conversation, since a slightly smaller image appears below the normal avatar
- And if you are offline, this small image is displayed with a watermark; Likewise, SMS can be sent and calls made from Hangouts to other mobiles that do not have this program, but subject to the rates of their respective telephone company.
What do you need to do to use Hangouts messaging?
The first thing you need is an internet or data connection, a Google account and obviously a computer or mobile phone with a camera and microphone.
Then you download the Hangouts application; It should be noted that if you access from the computer, it is automatically synchronized with all other devices, such as your mobile, allowing you to continue your conversation.
To access from the computer you have two ways to do it:
- One is by hangouts.google.com, then you enter the Google account information and then click on “Access”; when you want to leave you click on the profile picture, which is located in the upper right.
- The other way to access is by searching for Hangouts from Gmail and on the left side we click on “Access”.
How can you add new contacts to Hangouts?
It’s very simple and fast, you start by going to hangouts.google.com or searching for Hangouts by Gmail, then you go to “New Conversation” and click
Then you enter the name, the mobile number you want to enter or it can also be your email address; then you send the invitation or simply start the conversation and in this way it is recorded in your contacts.
To finish, we must conclude that Hangouts messaging is a Google platform that is offered free of charge so that users can communicate through text, video, videoconference and even video calls with different people, as long as they have a Google account or an email in Gmail.
