Communicate with Hangouts | Hangouts | The Apps Show

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This episode is all about Hangouts. Many of our viewers asked for tips on how to use Hangouts at work and looked for uses cases where it makes sense to use Hangouts. So in this episode, The Apps Show team decided to take a concrete example, and show you the behind the scenes of our typical brainstorming work over a script. Jimmy and James showcase how Hangouts help them collaborate better, even when they are not located at the same office. They also remind us that a series of new Hangouts features have made collaboration smoother and more efficient. First of all, Jimmy shows the advantages of using Hangouts video call voer Hangouts chat. A video conference is a best fit for discussions that need more than a few transactional interactions. In the case of a script brainstorming, a video conference turned out to be the best option for Jimmy and James, who are located in different Google offices. In this episode, instead of using his laptop for his Hangout, Jimmy prefered to use the silent and more professional space of a conference room equipped with a Chromebox for meetings. To start the meeting with the Chromebox, he just needed to share with James a Hangout ID (eg:jimmy-james) to get connected. But if Jimmy had wanted to connect with James from his laptop, there would have been other options available: check out in this article the different ways you can invite people to a meeting at work: goo.gl/YhznKL. For instance, hangouts.google.com was recently launched, and it features a great dashboard where you can video call, phone call or message any of your Google Contacts. During a Hangout, you may want to present a document or share your screen with your meeting participants. To do that, you just need to type in your browser g.co/present, enter the Hangout ID and select the screen you want to share. This is a great way to visualize a working document that you and your participants need to discuss! Also, if you need to invite to your meetings a large number of participants, a recent launch will probably delight you: Hangouts now allows up to 25 people to join a call, making Hangouts a great fit for large video conferences. Finally, if you are looking for best practices on how to use Hangouts, check out this great video tutorial done by our partner BetterCloud Monitor: goo.gl/fmgNkA. You will learn how to adjust sound, avoid echo or play with internet bandwidth. Interested in taking full advantage of The Apps Show video tutorials? - Check out our searchable library: goo.gl/SK6ENo - Ask access to our Google Drive: goo.gl/MGJ2Dv. You’ll have access to all scripts and videos in mp4 format, so you can create your own training resources!