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. Use google hangouts to keep in touch with one person or a group. It is google s response to skype and slack with the company forcing it in the enterprise direction. Hangouts is a communication platform developed by google. 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 find more out about how to invite a non gmail user to a video call here.

You can invite non gmail users e g. Install the chrome browser extension if you don t want to open google to access your hangouts. The hangouts extension is currently only available in google chrome. Those who do not have a google account to a hangouts call. In general you cannot invite non gmail users to anything else e g.

If you don t yet have hangouts in gmail but want it here s how to manually turn it on. Available on mobile or on desktop start making video or voice calls today. Sign in to gmail note. Turn on hangouts in gmail. Click it to open your hangouts list.

To enable hangouts in gmail click on your profile photo from the google talk chat list then. Google hangouts previously google talk is an online chatting and phone video calling platform by google. Once installed you will see a hangouts icon added to your system tray. You can start a new hangout by clicking the new hangout field. You can also use it on the gmail page.

Open the event on google calendar and tap edit event tap the edit icon. You can use this free service for instant messaging video chat sms and more. Read on to learn how to do it. Since then google has experimented a lot with hangouts. Note again that you ll need to have a g suite account to invite anyone who doesn t have a gmail address.