Chromebook For Dummies

Chapter 14

Chatting with Friends and Family

In This Chapter

Figuring out the Google Hangouts basics

Using Hangouts to communicate

Chatting through the Hangouts Chat app

Google Hangouts is an application that allows you to connect with your friends by sending messages, as well as making video calls and voice calls. You can even share your screen to show others what you’re working on or how to navigate a particular application. Collaborate with a team of people by conducting a group call with video, voice, and group texts. Or use the Hangouts Chat plug-in in Chrome to have one-on-one text conversations with your contacts.

Regardless of how you intend to use it, Hangouts is a wonderful tool for staying connected to family, friends, and coworkers. Chromebook includes the Hangout system as a native application — it’s built-in, in other words, so you don’t access it in the cloud.

In this chapter, you learn how to launch Hangouts and invite your contacts to a video call. Conduct a one-on-one video chat or invite several people for a group video chat. Take and share pictures with Hangouts and even call phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada. Lastly, you learn how to use the Hangouts app ...