Google Hangouts for Android updated with merged conversations, simplified contact list, and homescreen widget

Apr21

by Sindy Cator on April 21, 2014 at 6:55 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider, Mobile

Google today updated its Hangouts for Android app with a trio of new features. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play. If you’re not seeing the update yet, that’s likely because it’s a gradual rollout. Google engineer Mike Dodd says the new version will be available “this week” and the Android account on Google+ says “over the next few days” so you should get it soon enough. While the changelog for version 2.1 isn’t on the Play store just yet, Dodd has shared it on Google+: Merged conversations: SMS and Hangout conversations with the same recipient…