Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Google Dropping Messenger for Hangouts

Google's Hangouts chat service was meant to unify messaging experiences across all of the company's services. Hangouts is getting one step closer to that, as Google shuts down Google+ Messenger. Messenger will leave the Android Google+ app in an update today, and the chat service will be leaving iOS at a later date. Users can remove their old conversations via Google Takeout.


Today's Google+ app update is bringing some other features on Android. Users can grab photos and videos from their Google Drive and share them on Google+. The update also allows users to switch between multiple accounts without having to sign in and out. Pull-down-to-refresh is also coming soon to Google+.

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