Google hangouts are a great way for anyone from anywhere to meet others at a click of a button! Hangouts is a virtual space where users can meet using both video and audio to hold discussions. The free Google feature allows up to 10 people to communicate with one another whether it be video or audio chatting. You may also choose "Enable Hangouts On Air", this allows an even wider unlimited audience to view the discussion whether it be through a blog or YouTube, etc. This allows the videos to be streamed live, and then uploaded afterwards to YouTube and other social media. Hangouts comes in handy in many different scenarios that I will touch upon below.
Here's how to get started!
- Visit https://plus.google.com/hangouts
- Make sure the camera and microphone are working correctly and start inviting others!
- Select who you would like to call (more than one for a group) and select the video or audio icon
- Start your hangout experience
The Google Hangouts option can be useful in tons of different ways. For example, teachers use this useful tool for conferencing with students or even bringing in virtual guest speakers into the classroom. I find this extremely helpful, especially on those days where its a real struggle to get to the classroom due to an illness, or a family situation. Google Hangouts now can help wherever you may be as long as you have a mobile device. I'll admit I've never heard or used this until a few weeks ago in college when my professor did a virtual class to make up for the one he missed. I thought this was awesome, and it really helped me understand better in what we had to accomplish for the following week.
However, that's only the beginning and Hangouts has become very resourceful to marketers, coaches, online launches, customer support, virtual office hours, and a bunch more. People no longer have to travel long exhausting flights just to share simple bits of information. If a person has a tight schedule, or it is simply easier meeting virtually this is perfect. Businesses can thrive more, and information can be shared faster from around the globe. All of it being done virtually through each participant sharing their own thoughts in a matter of seconds, and even being able to share their own drive files as well!
Google has a ton of tools to be utilized, and will definitely make make our future experiences a whole lot easier.
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Google has a vast array of options and interesting features available for anyone interested on what it has to offer. It has grown to be an essential tool for students and businesses to use on a day-to-day basis. Throughout time it has definitely expanded, and as time moves further; will continue to grow and we will continue to learn what it has to offer.
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