14 DAY TRIAL // Within minutes after Google's release of Nexus 5 factory image and binaries, a buckload of Android 4.4 KitKat apps have been extracted and published online so everyone can download them.
The folks over at AndroidPolice have just released the Hangouts 2.0 application with support for SMS, animated GIFs and a lot more goodies.
Keep in mind though that the latest version of Hangouts does not work with Google Voice numbers unless you’ve enabled Google Voice on your Sprint phone.
Full support for Google Voice will be added soon via update, but for the time being, there's no telling when exactly it will go live.
As expected from previous leaks, Hangouts 2.0 comes with full support for animated GIF files and location sharing.
AndroidPolice reports that while you might be getting crashes right after sending your location via SMS, clearing the app's data fixes it.