The Messages app for Mac lets you easily send iMessages and even regular text messages without ever having to pick up your iPhone. Aside from cellular messages, the Messages app can also integrate into other messaging services, including Google Hangouts. Once linked, you can easily send and receive Hangouts messages right on your Mac, no annoying browser plugins necessary!
The only problem is that I'm under Mac OS X 10.6.8, and that the generated 'Hangouts' app requires Mac OS X 10.9 or later. I couldn't run the application that was generated with `nativefier`. I'm so sorry:-(.
- Hi, steps to reproduce: 1: have multiple windows open 2: open google hangouts and write message 3: click directly to address text field in browser window 4: start typing Observe that focus is still in google hangouts window and everything you want to type in the address text field is written in google hangouts.
- This tutorial will explain how to use Soundflower software to sync your Google Hangouts calls with Spreaker Studio on Mac / OS X. If you're running Spreaker Studio on Windows, please take a look at the Windows Tutorial.
- May 22, 2015 Listen up, OSX users: with the new Hangouts update from Google you might actually want to use the official app rather than Adium. It consolidates your contacts on the left side of one window.
- I recommend YakYak which has also been suggested in Sean Matheson's answer to What is the best Google Chat client for Mac OS X. It is a nice desktop client that doesn't require Chrome. The app is developed primarily for OS X but supports other ope.
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How to receive Google Hangouts messages with the Messages app for Mac
Note: If you have two-step verification enabled for your Google account, keep in mind you'll need to generate a password specifically for your Mac if you haven't already. If you don't, you'll receive errors that your login information is not correct.
- Click on the menu in the upper left hand corner of your Mac.
- Select System Preferences.
- Once in System Preferences, click on Internet Accounts.
- Add your Google account if it isn't already added.
- Once added, turn On the option for Messages.
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Google is increasing its efforts to make its productivity tools indispensable by taking on Slack, announcing its Hangouts Chat app for collaborations between team members will be rolling out to business customers of its G Suite service starting from next week.
Quietly introduced last year in an early adopter program, Google has confirmed it is making Hangouts Chat a core G Suite service starting from today, with the new addition arriving in G Suite accounts in the near future. Users of G Suite accounts will not receive immediate access to the new tool, and will have to wait for the account holder to enable it for them.
While it shares the same name as Google's existing Hangouts messaging service, Hangouts Chat is a separate application that is designed more to help teams work together than for casual conversations. Similar in concept to Slack, Hangouts Chat lets employees in a business talk to each other, or to a specific team, with conversations able to be split off into separate chat rooms dedicated to specific tasks or subjects.
Team members can collaborate through Hangouts Chat with each other while working collectively in the other tools offered in G Suite, including Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Everything in Hangouts Chat is searchable, including team members, conversations, and files shared between employees.
Google also touts the use of artificial intelligence and chat bots to help speed up workflows. A total of 25 different chat bots are included to cover tasks ranging from finance and human resources to CRM and project management, with the bots claimed to simplify tasks, such as booking conference rooms or searching for file, that could take far longer if performed by humans.
Like Slack, Google is allowing its users to build integrations on top of Hangouts Chat, and already has a small library of chat bots developed by third parties for use with the tool. The list includes a number of major enterprise-focused firms, including Freshdesk, Trello, Salesforce, ProsperWorks, Vonage, and Xero.
Google intends for Hangouts Chat to be used by as many users as possible, with each instance capable of supporting up to 8,000 members. Apps for MacOS and iOS, as well as Windows and Android, are being provided by Google, effectively making the tool available on most platforms used by businesses.
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Though separate to Hangouts, Google notes Hangouts Chat will still work with its existing communications service, including all of the user's existing contacts.
It remains to be seen if Hangouts Chat will gain traction in an industry dominated by Slack along with attempts to occupy the collaborative chat marketplace by Facebook and others. While Google is seemingly late to the party, the inclusion of Hangouts Chat may cause existing G Suite customers to dump the paid Slack service in favor of a 'free' addition to a subscription they already have.
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