Google Turns Your Android Phone into a Hangouts Presentation Powerhouse
BY GreenBot Staff
Published 6 Aug 2015
Google is on a roll with adding features to Slides, the company’s presentation software, on mobile. After introducing support for Airplay Chromecast in one, announced Slides support for Hangouts video calls on Android. Instead of sharing your desktop during a Hangouts call. The new feature allows you to display a presentation on Hangouts from your smartphone or tablet. As with the Airplay Chromecast features, this essentially turns your phone into a presentation remote control. Allowing you to advance through slides, check your speaker notes, and even monitor your presentation pace with a built-in timer. To start, tap the present button for your slideshow on your Android device. You should see options to present over a new Hangouts. Or an ongoing one pulled from meetings and information saved in the Calendar. The new feature rolled out and on your devices.
Why this matters: Google is undoubtedly improving its productivity suite with helpful additions like this to make it more convenient. Slides may not be the powerhouse that Microsoft Powerpoint is, but the web app covers the basics. Focusing on suitable additions like Hangouts integration is more critical than going toe-to-toe in a feature battle. A war Microsoft is sure to win.
There was no word if this feature was to head to iOS in 2015, but times change. So as it is now 2022, things like this are now available.
