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Reporter, TNWMic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy. Mic Wright is a journalist specialising in technology, music and popular culture. He lives in Dublin. He is on Twitter at @brokenbottleboy.
Google’s given the Hangouts Chrome app a new lick of paint – implementing its Material Design aesthetic and bringing all your contacts together in a single window, with chats on the right. It’s a big improvement.
The new simplified version will be particularly pleasing to people using Mac OS X, but as Google’s Hangouts product manager Mayur Kamat says, it’s also pretty hand for folk on Chrome OS, Linux and Windows.
If you’re not on OS X though, make sure to heed Kamat’s advice to switch off ‘transparent mode’ before using the app.
➤ Google Hangouts [Chrome Store via Engadget]
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