Hangouts

What with Google I/O being this week, there are naturally some wonderful additions to Android's app family from the mothership herself. But that doesn't mean third party developers have just been sitting around twiddling their thumbs—this week's set of apps has offerings from everyone. Read more...

If the 850 hand-drawn emoji included in Hangouts aren't enough for you, we've got some good news -- there's a small collection of Easter Eggs that add even more whimsy to your discussions. The commands are mostly initiated with an IRC-like "/" followed by certain words. For example "/ponies" sends...

Google included some fun user-facing features in its new Hangouts messaging product , such as a massive suite of over 800 emoji characters. While the company advertises the emoji icons as a feature, it has unsurprisingly included some hidden Easter eggs, as well. As detailed by Google employee...

The highly-rumoured new Nexus 7 tablet may have been spotted in an official Google+ Hangouts video posted by the search engine giant on YouTube.

It may seem highly suspicious, but an eagle-eyed Twitter member spotted what could be the new version of the Nexus 7 in the official Google+ Hangouts promo video. What's gives it away? The current Nexus 7 doesn't have a flashing LED notification light....

Last night, Google+ Hangouts received its first update through Google Play in its short life. Unfortunately, Google didn't see fit to include a changelog with the update, so we don't know exactly what changes were made. But, we've asked around and it looks as though the update has added support for...

Yesterday, Google announced its new, beefier Hangouts app for Android phones. The newest iteration integrates video chatting, Gmail, and Google's late “Google Talk” app all into one. Hangouts is available for free on all Android devices running Android 2.3 or higher, but if you pay phone bills to...

Welcome to your new Hangout. SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Yesterday Google rekeased Hangouts , the company's new video, voice, and text chat application. Previously known internally to Google by the codename "Babel ," Hangouts consolidates the previously disconnected Google+ video Hangouts, the Google+...

Could Google Hangouts become the only messaging app you'll ever need?

While, to our surprise, there was no mention of SMS support for Hangouts during Google's I/O conference yesterday, it seems that we probably shouldn't have read too much into the absence. Some details in the Google Play store have alluded to SMS support being very much available on Hangouts in the...