Hangouts 5.0 update could roll out soon, bringing speed improvements, a splash screen, and GIFs
The much-anticipated 5.0 update to the Hangouts app would appear to be close to being ready for public consumption for Android users, a little while after it was made available for iOS users.
The news comes courtesy of Derek Ross (Phandroid) who states that the dog food icon has been removed from the app, which implies Google is readying it for prime-time. Other changes include eliminating the lag that occurred when both sending messages and loading conversations while the update process when loading the main screen conversations has also been sped up some. You can never have enough speed when it comes to opening an app, especially a messaging app such as Hangouts.
Cosmetics-wise, a Hangouts splash screen is now present along with the signed in as popup appearing in white. Finally, GIFs are also said to work as they should in the update, which is a feature I’ve been looking forward to seeing.
The update could be released later today, so keep an eye out for the notification from the Play Store.
Source: Derek Ross (Google+)
Via: Phandroid
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