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Originally shared by Mike Dodd

Hangouts 2.1 for Android: SMS improvements and a homescreen widget

Today we’re launching the newest version of Hangouts for Android, rolling out to the Play store (http://goo.gl/6Sv8V) over the next few days. Highlights include:

- Merged conversations: SMS and Hangout conversations with the same recipient are now combined into a single conversation. You can control whether you want to send a message via Hangouts or SMS with the flip of a switch, and different message types will be easy to tell apart in the conversation. Of course, you can always merge and unmerge conversations if you’d like.

- Simplified contact list: now there’s two main sections in contacts — People you Hangout With, and Phone Contacts — making it simpler to navigate, and easier to use for SMS.

- Homescreen widget: add the Hangouts widget to your homescreen for quick access to your recent conversations.

- Performance improvements: today’s update includes better quality video calls, as well as improved SMS and MMS reliability.

The new version will be available in the Play store (http://goo.gl/6Sv8V) this week, so download or update and let us know what you think!

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Comments

  1. A step in the right direction, now put that number-google id association to good use and make it default to hangouts when available.

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  2. it's weird how now android app has more features than the desktop

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  3. Pooja Srinivas Play store shows latest date of update 21.04.14 but doesn't show any change log. Not released to public yet?

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  4. Here's a link to the 2.1 apk. I just installed this apk and now have version 2.1.075. http://goo.gl/wUpEOq Thanks for the alert Pooja Srinivas

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  5. No such word in my vocabulary. Wave spoiled me with one character screen updates.

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  6. #missingwave have been a user when it was invite only

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  7. Shashank Jain have you met the Wave Watchers :-)

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