Hangouts now offers custom ringtones for each contact
Like every Wednesday, Google has released a series of updatesand improvements for some of its services. This time it was the turn of the messaging application Hangouts, which receives some interesting improvements requested by users and that continue to make this application more interesting, despite not surprising especially in this new version. Questions to improve the management of SMS messages and the personalization of conversations.
This is the version 2.1.223 of Google Hangouts. A minor update but with interesting news for regular users who use this service both for instant messaging via Internet, as well as those who have decided to receive and send the old SMS also from it. And now there is more control, especially to block and list unwanted contacts An issue that, although it was already present, has been improved with this new version.
In this way, in addition to being able to block a person or contact as previously, it is now possible to specify the phone number to prevent entry of new content by SMS A good option to avoid spam or harassment All this being registered in a list where to consult and unblock, if necessary, any of these numbers.Simply access the Users and options section within the Settings But there are more questions to mention.
Along with this question, and closely related to the above, we must note the differences between blocking numbers and hiding contactsAnd now there are different listings since they are different characteristics. While the blocking prevents contact with that number and the entry of messages SMS, the hiding contacts only deletes conversations with them, but does not prevent all communication. That is why there is now a different list to see which users have been removed from view and which have been effectively blocked
Much nicer is the true jewel of this update, which directly affects the field of customizationIn this way, Hangouts already allows you to set different notification tones for each user or conversation in group A useful feature to know who has sent a message message before even unlocking the terminal. All you have to do is access a user's conversation and display the menu to configure a default ringtone for that person. The same is true of group conversations, which offer the possibility of customizing your notifications so that you always know where the message is coming from.
In short, an interesting update for regular users of this service who like to have all their conversations, be they direct messages or SMS, through the same tool. An application that now gives more management options when blocking phone numbers and customize at will notifications.The new version of Google Hangouts has already been released for Android via Google Play As always, it is a staggered update so it may take a few days to reach Spain En totally free
