An update to Google (GOOG) Hangouts brings several new features to the app.
The Google hangouts update was announced by Bradley Horowitz, the vice president of Product for Google+, on Wednesday morning. Horowitz announced the update at the LeWeb conference being held in Paris, reports TechCrunch.
“It’s texting, it’s telephony, it’s one-to-one, it’s many-to-many, it’s consumer, it’s enterprise. It’s not like throwing a dart and hitting one app like ephemeral imaging,” Horowitz told Cnet while talking about Google Hangouts. “We’re trying to do something broader that helps people communicate wherever they are using whatever products they prefer.”
Here are some of the updates added to Google Hangouts, as collected from TechCrunch.
- When asked “Where are you now?” in chat, the prompts the users to answer the question.
- When answering where you are via the app, users can choose to place a marker on a map to indicate their location.
- Users can now add contacts from their phone to the app.
- Filters can now be applied to video chats.
- Several new stickers have been added to the messaging system.
To learn more about the new features added to Google Hangouts, click here.
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