Everyone who uses mails knows very well about Google Talk. It is basically a trusted and reliable messaging and calling service that is attached with our Gmail account. It is very useful during the situation where we are required to send and receive messages instantly, without bothering about the formal emails, which may take more time and needed to write formally. Here you can use informal language and say directly whatever you are required to say straightaway. Indeed, it is very true that most of the Gmail users take this Google talk seriously. It is wonderful application in situations where you just needed to do casual or informal chat, and you get the response for the same at the same time.
The best thing about this application is that it has new evolved as a new application that is not only attached to your Gmail but it can now also be downloaded as a different application on your device such as your mobile phone or tablet or computer. Download this application on your mobile can be easier access to the application, without facing any issue of going through your email account.
Update your Hangouts
The new and updated version Google Talk is called Google Hangouts, which has been named so to make hangouts much easier among friends. This is a newer way to gather people at one place and to talk despite the usual hindrances to get-togethers.
Now the question arises, how will you update to Hangouts? Basically it is quite simple. All you need to do click your Google account picture on the lower part of your Gmail account. This will give you options, at the bottom of the list you will find “Update to Hangouts”. Hitting this tab will take you to the update. After sometime, when the update is finished, page will be re-loaded and you will be able to see your new Hangouts.
Sleeker, Cleaner Appearance
While there are people may like the Google Talk as it allow users to share their status updates, but being without it in Google Hangouts makes this much lighter and cleaner on the eyes. People who deals with their inbox messages, you will see this rather refreshing change. There would be no more “noise” on the page, and you can simply see the pictures of your contacts or that you might want to invite to Hangouts.
Hangouts also reflect simple but very nice-looking availability indicator. Whenever you and your contacts are online, you will be able to see a green line under the profile pictures. It doesn’t demand much of your attention, but when you need to know whether someone is online or not, it’s very easy to see. It really feels good when an application looks nice.
More Features than Google Talk
More than the aesthetic quality of the new Hangouts, the reason why people like it better than Google Talk is that it has more features than Google Talk. The one popular and most amazing feature is that you can make video calls with this and that can be made up to 10 people in conference. It is really cool, as most of the other applications only allow a maximum of six people in a video conference. Other than that, Hangouts also has a lot more emoticons and stickers making your conversations much livelier and expressive than they were on Google Talk.