Hangouts will unite free messages and SMS on Android
The messaging app from Google has begun receiving an update for the Android platform This is Hangouts, well known for bringing together classic messaging using SMSand the free and instant messages of the classic tool GTalk in the same application. A tool that now unites these different types of messages even more and improves other issues to have all the terminal's messages in one place.
This time Hangouts has reached the number of version 2.1.075 with three important points as novelties among which the fusion of SMS with free messages stands out. And it is that Google wants the user to send both message formats from the same chat screen after this update. In this way, the conversations with the same contact can include both SMS and free messages differing by a simple text when writing and sending, but from the same screen. Something that will please users who do not have to pay for SMS, but that can be somewhat complicated for those more accustomed to using the terminal's own message application . That's why Hangouts also has the possibility to re-separate conversations according to the type of messages from the settings menu.
Along with this important issue, the Hangouts application has other appreciable improvements in this version, such as the renewed list of contacts And now this list only has two sections, avoiding complexities and any kind of confusion for the user. In this way, you only have to move through the list of contacts with whom you have contacted through Hangouts or a second list that includesall contacts from the device phonebook.
Finally, this new version has a third novelty for the platform Android It is a widget or shortcut that the user can place on any of the desktops or home screen of the mobile.With it, as with the widgets of WhatsApp, it is possible to quickly access any of the specific conversations without searching for and accessing the Hangouts application. Simply access the Widgets menu and select the Hangouts or do it from the application itself with the conversation you want to always have at hand.
General improvements have also come with this update, as usual. Among them is a higher quality of video calls, but also an operation and management of SMS and MMS(multimedia text messages) more reliable and correct Issues that improve the overall app experience and are just as important as what's new.
In short, an update that continues to bet on gathering all messaging in one place, trying to do it in a comfortable and simple way for the user and reducing the number of applications needed to control all their communications . For now, version 2.1.075 of Hangouts for Android has been released in a phased fashion, arriving via Google Play in the next few days and completely free
