Google has rolled out the v2 update for two of its apps on the Play Store – Hangouts and Google Keyboard. The APKs of both the app were pulled from the Nexus 5 factory images earlier, but were buggy on other devices.
The much-awaited update for Hangouts brings SMS/MMS integration, location sharing support and animated GIFs support. The version on the Play Store is slightly newer than the one shipping with the Nexus 5, and fixes the crashing while on video chats among other things.
● SMS & MMS (Android 4.0+): Send/receive text messages with Hangouts! You can import your existing messages, quickly switch between SMS and Hangouts, and start group MMS conversations
● Animated GIFs: send animated GIFs, cute kittens and all
● Location: share a location in your conversations
● Device, in-call, mood status: share what device you’re on, whether you’re on a call, or your current mood
• Rationalized punctuation across different sizes (4″,7″ and 10″)
• Inserted emoji entry point & layouts (KitKat or later
• Simplified mini-keyboard on full stop long press (revised long-press menus)
• De-blued press states
• Added space-aware gesture typing (you will not have to lift your finger while gesture typing – just go through the space bar)
