How To Use Google Hangouts If You Don T Have Gmail

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How to use google hangouts if you don t have gmail. Read on to learn how to do it. If you don t yet have hangouts in gmail but want it here s how to manually turn it on. Click it to open your hangouts list. It is google s response to skype and slack with the company forcing it in the enterprise direction. Use google hangouts to keep in touch with one person or a group.

Google hangouts previously google talk is an online chatting and phone video calling platform by google. Click on your chat avatar. Since then google has experimented a lot with hangouts. Available on mobile or on desktop start making video or voice calls today. Once installed you will see a hangouts icon added to your system tray.

However when using the hangout app on mobile you can send normal sms messages through the app which can be sent to any phone. You can start a new hangout by clicking the new hangout field. You can use this free service for instant messaging video chat sms and more. The hangouts extension is currently only available in google chrome. You can also use it on the gmail page.

To enable hangouts in gmail click on your profile photo from the google talk chat list then. Install the chrome browser extension if you don t want to open google to access your hangouts. You can invite non gmail users e g. Doesn t currently work for google apps users expand the google talk box in the left hand sidebar by clicking the speech bubble icon. Those who do not have a google account to a hangouts call.

Select try the new hangouts option. Open the event on google calendar and tap edit event tap the edit icon. In addition to the apps you can also use hangouts from within gmail just like the old google talk. You can find more out about how to invite a non gmail user to a video call here. In general you cannot invite non gmail users to anything else e g.