Google Brings SMS Integration, Location Sharing And More To Hangouts

Google brings SMS integration, Location Sharing and more to Hangouts

BY Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh Pandey

Rajesh is a 26-year old freelance writer from Kolkata, India. He loves to tinker around with his Android devices and flash custom ROMs on them....

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Published 29 Oct 2013

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Google has just concluded its Google+ event without announcing the Nexus 5 or Android 4.4 KitKat. However, the company announced some major new updates for Google+ and Hangouts.

The company announced that it is finally bringing SMS integration to the Hangouts app for Android, along with support for location sharing and GIF support. Hangout users can now easily share their location with just a simple tap on Share button.

SMS integration has been one of the most requested feature to Hangouts so it is nice to see Google finally adding support for it. However, it was widely expected that Google would add this feature to Hangouts with Android 4.4 KitKat.

Google failed to mention if the update is going live effective immediately or over the coming few days. Nevertheless, we will link our readers to the APK once it is available on the Internet.