Google releases Hangout V4! Download the .apk here!
Hangouts 4.0 is official and is rolling out today for everyone to use!. The new announcment came yesterday with an update on the play store.
This update introduced the well loved Material Design to the app which makes also makes it easier to use with a FAB compose button. The FAB allows quick attacments of pictures and stickers etc. The changes in the code should also make it run faster than previous iterations.
They added group MMS in Hangouts using Google Voice! Finally! Google also made it super pips to send Hangouts messages through an Android Wear device with your voice. This is a huge improvement and better convenience for many users.
Here is the full list of improvements and additions from Google:
- Hangouts is sleeker. Now updated with material design, Hangouts has a new look and feel: items respond to your touch in more intuitive ways and transitions between tasks are more fluid.
- Hangouts is simpler. The new Compose button makes it easier for you to start a new group or conversation. Our streamlined contacts list helps you find the right person quickly. And attachments have been revamped and simplified, so sharing—of emoji, GIFs, your location, even multiple photos at once—is a snap.
- Hangouts is faster. Whether you’re sending a quick message or video chatting with family, you don’t want hold-ups. We’ve been obsessively fixing bugs and speeding up message delivery to make Hangouts faster and more reliable. Bonus: less battery consumption.
- Make affordable calls from the Hangouts Dialer, now with Outbound Caller ID (so your friends won’t get any more calls from the great “Unknown”).Use Hangouts on Android Wear when you really have an eye on the time (just say, “Ok Google, send a Hangouts message,” into your watch).
- Receive and reply to group MMS messages in Hangouts using Google Voice.
- Use Hangouts on Android Wear when you really have an eye on the time (just say, “Ok Google, send a Hangouts message,” into your watch).
- Custom status messages are back.
If you want to download the .apk instead if waiting for an update, Click Here!
