Google prepares its messaging app for Android N
In Google it seems that they are always thinking about the future and, despite not having carried Android 6.0 or Marshmallow to the bulk of its users, they are already working on a new version. At the moment, and although only a few details are known thanks to the preview or anticipated version for developers , Google is already preparing its messaging application Hangouts to be fully functional in it .There is no doubt that communications continue to be one of the basic pillars of smartphones
In such a way, Google has released a new update of the application Hangouts that little or has to offer practically all current users who make use of it in previous versions of Android Changes only arrive , to those who have downloaded and installed Android N Details as practical as being able to use the app in this version or access your new notification system.
In this way, the first users of Android N who have installed the version of Hangouts 8.0 , have discovered that Google has fixed two issues with notificationsOn the one hand, there is the grouping of notifications, which until now included all the messages received through this application in a single notification.Both individual and group chats. Yes, it was possible to extend them to see part of their content, but in a very limited way. Well, now Hangouts allows you to ungroup all these notifications to enjoy the full message on the notification screen of the Android terminalThis means viewing and reading all messages in detail, almost as if they were opened in the app, including contact photos. But there is more.
The problem with groupings in Android Marshmallow and Hangouts 7 is that there was no option to reply to each message from the notification itself. Thus, the Reply button disappeared when receiving messages from a group chat or from several individual users. This is no longer the case on Android N and Hangouts 8. By being able to effectively ungroup all notifications, the Reply option continues to be present on this same screen.Something that not only allows you to reply to the last message, but to any of them. All this without ever leaving the notifications screen or the application that was previously used and, of course, without having to access Hangouts Something very convenient and comfortable.
Along with these two novelties regarding notifications, Hangouts 8.0 also has a small new visual detail. These are the image preview in chats, whose corners have been rounded with the Same angle as texting. A small visual adaptation that is appreciated, as it matches the rest of the chat elements, although it will not change the operation or the user experience of this application.
In short, a commitment to continue improving Android and applications from Google, even when most likely the arrival of this new version of Android will not arrive until the end of the yearAt the moment, the update for Hangouts has already been released via Google Play Store of free form
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