G+_George Turner Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Just installed the new Hangouts Chrome App for Windows. You can now run Hangouts without running Chrome. Good for Firefox users. http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/09/google-launches-hangouts-app-for-chrome-on-windows-and-chrome-os/ Note the Chrome App Launcher icon on the top row and the Hangouts icon pinned to the task bar. The install was a bit clumsy. The new app replaces the Hangouts extension that you may already have installed in Chrome. At one point during the install there were two different Hangouts extensions installed and the app would not work if they were both disabled. But after some trial and error it started to work and I was able to disable the extensions. I didn't test it too much since I prefer to use Hangouts on a mobile device, but it is good to have it on the desktop. Free VoIP and SMS is a good thing anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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