Unfortunately, Hangouts drops support for server-to-server XMPP, it can't interact with other XMPP apps/services. Hangouts has its own Easter Eggs and they're really funny. You can now use keyboard shortcuts, but only for the desktop clients. Google+ Hangouts lacks many features from Google Chat: voice chat, phone calls, sending SMS, formatting tricks. Here's what happens when you try to use them in Gmail, without joining Google+: Actually there are 2 features that are somehow tied to Google+: sharing photos (they're uploaded to Google+ photos) and group chat. Google+ Hangouts doesn't require Google+, but most Google+ Hangouts clients require Google+. The only other Google Chat clients are the Google Talk app for Windows and the chat boxes from iGoogle and orkut. Probably most Android users will upgrade from Google Talk to Google+ Hangouts. You can refuse to upgrade to Hangouts in Gmail, but the Gmail Chat feature will eventually be discontinued. How can you use this product? There are 5 ways: inside Google+ (replaces the Google Chat box), inside Gmail (optionally replaces the Gmail Chat box), using a Chrome extension (has already replaced the Google Chat extension and it requires Google+), an Android app (gradually replacing the built-in Google Talk app) and an iOS app (entirely new, requires Google+).Īs you can see, 3 of the 5 ways to use it require Google+. The product actually borrows the name of Google+'s group video chat feature. It includes "Google+", so it looks like a Google+ feature. It's supposed to replace products and features like Google Talk, Google Chat, Google+ Messenger and to become Google's unified messaging service. I'm trying to understand Google+ Hangouts.
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