3 Features Google Hangouts for Desktop is Missing

Published on 8th of May 2014

1. Message Groups (AKA Tabs)

A concept for how Google Hangouts could implement tabbed conversations.

A concept for how Google Hangouts could implement tabbed conversations.
A concept for how Google Hangouts could implement tabbed conversations.

A concept for how Google Hangouts could implement tabbed conversations.

2. In-Chat Audio & Video

A concept for how in-chat video could look in Google Hangouts. Because who doesn't HATE the giant-cpu-eating-popout-with-tons-of-features-you-dont-normally-use.

A concept for how in-chat video could look in Google Hangouts. Because who doesn’t HATE the giant-cpu-eating-popout-with-tons-of-features-you-dont-normally-use.
Because I don't want to always have to deselect video!

Because I don’t want to always have to deselect video!

3. Window Switching! (AKA Expose on Mac)

Our Windows friends can Ctrl + Tab between their Windows, but Mac users can’t Cmd + Tab. This is, in my opinion, probably the most frustrating thing about Hangouts. Though I understand that it’s more of a Mac OS X feature than a Chrome thing but I’m confident nothing is impossible! Make hangouts a separate app!

This is a concept of how Hangouts should Expose on Mac.

This is a concept of how Hangouts should Expose on Mac.



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