What is Hangouts? Questions about the Google service

Numerous users are wondering what Hangouts actually is. Android smartphones already have the app installed at the time of purchase because that's how the program is supposed to be distributed. However, Hangouts is also available on PCs.

What is Hangouts? All info about the messenger

Google Hangouts is a free messenger service that is preinstalled on numerous Android smartphones. Google wants to use it to limit the supremacy of WhatsApp and bring a serious competitor product to the market.To use Hangouts for chatting, you need a Google account - even with the app preinstalled. Besides the mobile app, you can also use Hangouts in the browser. The application is available as a standalone web application at hangouts.google.com as well as via Gmail.

These features are offered by the messenger

Hangouts offers messenger-typical features. Below you will find an overview of all the important functions.

• The benefits of Hangouts include writing messages and free phone calls and video calls. An Internet connection is a prerequisite for this.
• In addition, paid or free calls to landlines are also available internationally. Die Kosten für Telefonie variieren je nach Land.
• Ein Vorteil von Google Hangouts gegenüber WhatsApp ist die Möglichkeit, den Messenger auf mehreren Geräten gleichzeitig zu nutzen.