Today, Google released a new version of its popular online messaging service, Hangouts, and it's one of those updates that the Android community, and especially its regular users, have been eagerly awaiting. The most significant new feature is that, starting today, you can customize ringtones and notifications in Hangouts, just like you can with other similar apps such as WhatsApp.
While today we received a new YouTube update that allows us to change the video quality, the new Hangouts update lets us give Google's messaging service a new ringtone or notification sound to distinguish it from the rest of our contacts and friends. It's funny how, when we're with friends, everyone reaches into their pockets to see if they've received a Hangouts message—something that can be avoided with the new version.
And, if for whatever reason you were already tired of the Hangouts ringtone or notification sound, with version 2.1.223 you can replace it with any sound you want, so you can receive all messages or calls on your phone in a more pleasant way.
Another advantage of this version is that you can personalize each conversation with a different notification tone, giving you a good selection and allowing you to quickly distinguish who wants to contact you. To change the tones, go to "Users and options" in each of your active Hangouts conversations.
Otherwise too the contact card image appears by default for Hangouts, since Google+ had been used until now, after having integrated SMS messages and those of Google's messaging service.
