Google Hangout is more easy usage with new updates

Google announced a Google Hangouts update rolling out this week that lets you add anyone to a video call, even if they don’t have a Google account. Because you no longer have to create an account, joining a video call now takes just one click.

You can invite non-google members person to Hangouts video calls

The Web giant on Wednesday announced that you can now join a video call even if you don’t have an account. The move comes after Skype added the same functionality last month.
The update, rolling out to Hangouts this week, “makes joining a video call as simple as clicking a link in an invitation,” Google for Work Product Manager Patrick Wynn wrote in a blog post. “No filling in forms, no need for a Google account, just simple, easy access to meetings.”
It was technically possible to add someone without an account to Hangouts before today: You just had to call their phone. Now though, you can add anyone to an audio or video call by just sending them a link. This means joining a Hangouts call for users without a Google account, or really anyone who isn’t signed in, no longer requires filling out annoying forms.
Google hopes this will be particularly useful for businesses, which often have to hold meetings over video with external parties (partners, clients, consultants, and so on). “Connect with teammates and get things done, while maintaining the control and security you need in a work environment,” the company said.
The security part is worth calling out. Because the person sending out the link maintains full control over adding, muting, and ejecting participants, nothing is changing in terms of managing a call.

Hangouts now synchronizing with Google Calendar

Furthermore, this functionality works with Google Calendar. If you have Google Hangout links set up to be added automatically, all you have to do is send a calendar invite to whoever you want to meet.
You can invite external guests to a Hangout via Google Calendar. When the recipient receives your invitation, they just need to click the link in the event description, fill out their name, and voila — they’re in. For added security, you’ll get a prompt to accept or deny their entry.
One no longer needs a Google account to join a video call or video conference with Google Hangouts. If you’re invited to a Google Hangouts video call or conference it is sufficient to join the one-on-one or multi-participant discussion.
As Google expanded guest access to Hangouts business users see it as a streamlining efficiency move that allows easier access to meetings. Patrick Wynn, the product manager for Google’s Google for Work division declared in a blog post that after much deliberation Google reached the conclusion that joining a Hangouts meeting should in fact be as easy as walking into the meeting room per se.
No accounts, no strings attached. The initiators of the Hangouts meeting simply need to send invitations to participants. Even without a Google account, joining the meeting becomes as easy as clicking on the invite link. At the same time, the environment is highly controllable and secured, perfect to meet the needs of Hangouts business users.
Hangouts was introduced with the switch to Google+. The updated extending guest access to Hangouts will be rolled starting this week. The invitations send to participants without a Google account will be made through Google Calendar. According to Wynn, the same procedure stands for the mobile app, for web or Chromebox.
Hangouts business users are excited with the perspective of no longer needing Google accounts to join online business meetings. Google accounts may be common at this point. However, if only one participant to a meeting didn’t have a Google account or did not wish to use it for this purpose, the entire meeting could be compromise.
Video calls and conferences are gaining ground in the business environment. Time and cost efficient, they are an uncomplicated tool to address the most pressing issues of the business while connecting participants wherever they may find themselves.
“Joining a meeting should be as easy as walking into a room,” Wynn wrote. “That should be the case whether you’re meeting in person, or face-to-face over video.”
Skype obviously agrees. The Microsoft-owned company also recently rolled out the ability for users to invite anyone to join a Skype chat by sharing a unique link via email, social media, or messaging services.
Meanwhile, if you need to chat with someone on Hangouts but don’t feel like keeping your Gmail open, Google recently launched a standalone Hangouts site where you can chat to your heart’s content right from your browser, without opening Gmail or Google+.

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Guest access to Hangouts video calls without a Google account

Last year, we introduced a new feature for Hangouts on the web allowing Google Apps customers to share links to Hangouts video calls so that external meeting guests may request to join if not explicitly invited. We completed the rollout of this feature across all platforms earlier this year.
Starting today, we’re making this feature even more useful by removing the requirement that guests have a Google account in order to join a Hangouts video call. Here’s how it works: guests without a Google account who have been provided with the video call link by the organizer will be asked to provide their name and then request to join the call.
Any attendee from the domain organizing the video call can then allow the guest into the meeting.
We’re also making this easier for guests who do not use Google Calendar by ensuring a link to the video call is visible in the description of the event.
This new feature is available now for guests joining with a web browser, making it easy for Apps customers using Hangouts to meet with anyone – inside or outside their organization, with or without a Google account. Customers with Chromebox for meetings will also have an even easier method for guests to present content in meeting rooms.