The applications are cutting times when it comes to sending and receiving messages And, in the absence of realistic two-way communication, the only thing that can be done is to improve the design and the operation so that users speak almost as if they were talking in real life, even if it is through touch screens Something in which Hangouts has worked with your latest update.And it is that the messaging application of Google already has quick responses, to answer messages without having to access the chats.
This is version 7.0 of Hangouts for the Android platform , which has reached this and other news. Quick responses allow you to test messages without entering the application, using notificationsof messages received from the terminal's desktop, or even through other applications. Something that streamlines communication when every second counts. Read on if you want to know how it works.
Just update the application to its latest version, which has been released by Google in a phased manner, gradually reaching all the countries where it is available.From then on, and when a message is received, a notification offers the new option Answer If this function is clicked, a small text box expands across from the notification bar, where you can write the answer as if it were being done in the conversation or chat itself. Next to the text box there is also the button to send the message. In this way, all you have to do is click on the text box to make the keyboard appear, write the desired message, and press the button to send
The process is fast and agile, without having to search for the application and the specific chat, or without having to display the notification screen to access it directly. However, not everything is positive, since this function comes in a very limited way And the fact is that the button Answer only appears when there is a unique incoming message notificationIf multiple users type at the same time, the Reply button disappears from notifications to prevent any confusion between chats.
Along with these quick replies, Hangouts includes other new features to take into account in its new version. Among them is the possibility of pinning one or more conversations to the desktop, whether one-on-one or group chatsWith these desktop icons it's quick and easy to jump right into these conversations without first searching for the application.
Lastly, there are other new visual details such as a simpler menu when sharing content in Hangouts conversations, the change Settings menu button layout, or a suspicious ad that pops up from time to time to remind the user that Google now has an SMS messaging applicationSomething that makes us suspect that Hangouts might stop supporting these messages.
The new version of Hangouts has already been published by Google , although it will arrive in stages in the different countries where it is available through Google Play Store. It is completely free.
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