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Google Hangouts Review

Google Hangouts OUR SCORE 88%
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our score 88%
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  1. What is Google Hangouts
  2. Product Quality Score
  3. Main Features
  4. List of Benefits
  5. Technical Specifications
  6. Available Integrations
  7. Customer Support
  8. Pricing Plans
  9. Other Popular Software Reviews

What is Google Hangouts ?

Google Hangouts is an integrated communication app that lets users make calls, do messaging, and carry out video conferences. It lets them connect to other people regardless of time and location. The free platform is an excellent choice for those who want to communicate with their employees, business partners, or loved ones. Google Hangouts is created by Google to ensure users can start and engage in different kinds of communication channels. The platform is highly effective for one-on-one and group interaction. Google Hangouts has iOS and Android apps and is highly secure by industry-grade benchmarks. It can likewise be natively integrated with Gmail and Google+. While widely advertised as a messaging platform, Google Hangouts can take on a full communication system for companies. It allows employees to interact with each other without compromising sensitive information being shared. In terms of pricing, the platform provides the flexibility that suits the needs of any company regardless of size.

Product Quality Score

Features
8.7
Ease of use
8.8
Customer support
8.7
Value for money
9.0
8.8
TOTAL SCORE

Google Hangouts features

Main features of Google Hangouts are:

  • Hangout On Air
  • Google applications Integration
  • Custom Control for Admins
  • HD Video Calls
  • Intelligent Muting
  • Compatibility with Multiple Devices
  • Built-in screen sharing
  • Voice Calls
  • Instant Messaging
  • HD Group Conferencing
  • Auto Screen Focus

Google Hangouts Benefits

Benefits

The main benefits of Google Hangouts are its general usability, great connectivity and rich feature set. Here are the details:

Google Hangouts aims to be that go-to chat option for users who want to collaborate with colleagues no matter where they are. The group chat option allows for up to 150 participants in a single chat room. In addition, as many as 30 individuals can be included for every video call made.

Hangouts Meet is a revamped video conferencing tool that allows for quick and seamless connectivity. A user can hop into a video call via a Google Calendar invite or through a shared link. That means the user no longer has to log out of the personal account and log into the right account or have the right plug-ins just to be in a video call.

A lightweight version makes Google Hangouts Reviews easier for users to carry out smooth and uninterrupted presentations. Full-screen presentations are now a native function in Google Meet.

Hangout Chats also features threaded conversations. The functionality makes it possible for users to view content from Google Drive and Google Docs from within the chat stream. A “search” tool lets users go back to the conversation history within the thread.

Meanwhile, businesses who are actively engaged or need video broadcasting will appreciate Google Hangouts on Air. The tool lets Google+ users stream live video conferences through YouTube. Hangouts on Air is one cost-effective and convenient approach for businesses to carry out online talk shows and seminars.

The Google Voice integration provides users the ability to dial domestic phone numbers directly from their smart device or PC free of charge.

Technical Specifications

Devices Supported

  • Web-based
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Desktop

Customer types

  • Small business
  • Medium business
  • Enterprise

Support Types

  • Phone
  • Online

Google Hangouts Integrations

The following Google Hangouts integrations are currently offered by the vendor:

  • Liferay
  • West Unified Communications
  • Sprint
  • Smartsheet
  • HipChat
  • FreshService
  • Flowdock
  • Slack
  • Lucid
  • Google Apps
  • Zendesk
  • UberConference

Video

Customer Support

Phone
Online

Pricing Plans

Google Hangouts pricing is available in the following plans:

Free trial
Free Plan
Free