Google I/O: Google Hangout Now Works Across All Platforms

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New Google+: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos
Technology works best when it gets out of the way, and lets people do what makes them happiest: living, learning and loving. That’s why, when we started the Google+ project nearly two years ago, we aimed to bring real-life sharing to software. We wanted to forget about tools, and focus on each other. And it seems to be working.

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Consider: 190 million people are now active in the Google+ stream, and 390 million are active across Google (+1’ing apps in Google Play, making video calls in Gmail, sharing videos from YouTube…). It’s a community of artists and astronauts and computer scientists and quilters — and it’s awesome. But we’ve only just begun.

Today we’re taking another step towards real-life sharing with enhancements in three key areas: Stream, Hangouts and Photos.

Stream: modern design, multiple devices, more to explore

These days people increasingly move between devices. So to build software that builds real relationships, you need a simple and beautiful experience across mobile and desktop. We’ve worked hard to make our phone and tablet apps intimate and immersive — today we’re just improving them further and adapting their design for the web, including:

A multi-column layout. You’ll see one, two, or three columns of content depending on your screen size and orientation.
Awesome-sized media. Photos and videos can fill the entire width of the stream, making it easier to scan, and nicer to look at.
Delightful animations. The sharebox bounces, the menus slide, and the cards flip and fade — just to name a few.

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