The new version brings SMS integration and GIFs support

Nov 1, 2013 08:03 GMT  ·  By

Google has just released a new version of Hangouts, but the application is slowly rolled out worldwide, so it might take a while until it reaches all compatible devices.

However, since Google has already released the Nexus 5 Android 4.4 KitKat factory image, most of the new applications have been extracted and made available for download.

Hangouts v2 brings lots of new features and improvements, but the most important is SMS integration. We have installed the not yet released version of Hangouts and took some screenshots for all Android users to get a feel of what’s to come.

Keep in mind that this version of Hangouts does not feature Google Voice integration yet, but developers have promised that they will add it in the near future.

The same goes for Video calls, which does not seem to work on our device. You can now download Hangouts 2.0 for Android for free via Softpedia and make sure you check out the gallery below.

Hangouts v2 screenshots (12 Images)

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