Thursday, November 7, 2013

Google adds SMS support to Hangouts for Android, updates Google Keyboard


Google has updated its Hangouts Android app with support for SMS and MMS messages, just one week after the integration first appeared in Android 4.4 KitKat. Anyone using version 4.0 and above of Google's OS can now send and receive texts through Hangouts — though as we've said before, the implementation leaves something to be desired. This latest Hangouts update also adds animated GIFs and one-tap location sharing, two other features that debuted with the Nexus 5.


Updates don't end there, as Google Keyboard has also jumped up to version 2.0 today. Unfortunately, quick access to emoji is only visible for users running KitKat and above. Thankfully that's not the only new feature; Google has added space-aware gesture typing (meaning...


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Source: The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/7/5077996/google-adds-sms-to-hangouts-for-android-updates-google-keyboard

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