The Funniest Hangout Emoji Animations You Wont Believe Exist

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There are a lot of Gmail users out there who accessGoogle Hangouts(Opens in a new window) on a regular basis, but don't even realize it. Hangouts has been the default in-browser chat client in Gmail (or Google+, if you're weird) for many years, but many users still refer to it by the name of its less-versatile predecessor, Google Chat (or colloquially, Gchat).

The old-timeyGchat-esque experiencein their life can always click the Revert to old chat link via the arrow next to theirname in the chatlist. But why do something dumb like

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When the full-on Hangouts has so many cool things to offer? (There were even a lot of featuresthat I—a veteran Hangout-er—discovered over the course of writing this feature.)

Throughout the years, various Google communication functions have been integrated into the greater Hangouts environment (e.g. Google Talk, Google Voice). Google has since expandedHangouts into a multipurpose, poly-screen, cross-platform (and even cross-OS) chat client. Looking forward, Hangouts may evolve intoan even greater uber mobile communication hub, which will handle all your texting and voicecalls as well.

While mobile is most certainly what Google's devs have in mind for Hangout's future, let's not neglectsome of the cool things you can do in the desktop version right now. Check out our list of little-known treasures. There are definitely some cool things you didn't know about.

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I'm super old, so I don't use the Snapchat. However, I know that one of the features that people enjoy on that service is the ability to draw humorous doodles. I'm told it's fun.Well, you can do the same in Hangouts, even though this function is curiously hidden.

To get your Hangout doodle on, place your mouse over the picture icon (the little mountain scene in the bottom-right corner of the chat box) and it will reveal a pencil icon directly to its left. (Seems unnecessarily complicated, no?) Click on the pencil icon and it will open a work space that you can use to draw simple line pictures. You can choose a number of brush sizes, shapes, colors, and amounts of transparency.

Click Send and the doodle will appear in the main message window. Afterwards, any Hangout participant will have the ability to edit the image by hovering their mouse over the image to prompt a clickable little pencil icon in the top-right corner. Each change will create a new image that will be pasted below it. You can have an ongoing doodle conversation in which each new addition will be recorded in the main message window.

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Be able to add a photo and doodle on top of that. I couldn't get it to work through this window. HOWEVER, if you add an image first (we'll get to that below), you will have the ability to doodle on top of

Why would you ever choose to say something with words, when you could say it with an adorable little cartoon character? I can't think of a reasonable answer to that question. Thankfully, Hangouts makes it possible to never type a word again. Seriously, there are enough emoji available here to represent anything within the spectrum of human experience.

To access this vast emoji library, just hit the little smiley face in the bottom left-hand corner of your chat input box to reveal a pop-up window. Across the top, you'll see various sets of occasionally animated toonbits for you to choose from (you can hit the scroll arrow on the right for

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Then just click on any emoji, and it will be addedto your conversation. Once it has been placed in the convo, you'll even have the ability to doodle on top of that image emoji—just hover your mouse on top of the emoji to prompt the pencil icon in the corner, and click thatto edit the image.

Unfortunately, Hangouts doesn't seem to allow you to use multiple emoji on a single line—each toon is automatically placed on its own line. So, for the time being, you can't string together any complex emoji sentences.

You can also add pictures directly into your Hangouts conversations from a variety of sources. Just click the little mountain scene in the bottom right-hand corner. This will open a pop-up window with a number of option tabs at the top. Here's a quick run-down of your input sources:

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2) Auto Backup refers to any photos you allowed Google to automatically suck up from your Android device into itsgiant data hole.

5) Video search allows you to search for links to YouTube videos (not the actual videos, mind you, just a still and a link.

And of course, you can doodle on top of any of these images as detailed above. (Well, still images—Hangouts doesn't allow you to doodle on top of an animated gif.)

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See that little movie camera icon in the top-left corner? You can click that to open a video chat window. In the new pop-up screen, you'll be able to grab the link in the top-right corner and add new people into your vid chat. Also, if you hover your mouse to the left-hand side of the screen, you'll see a bunch of other cool tools like Google Effects, which allow you to ad fun animations on top of a live video feed. Note: You will need to download a free Hangouts Plugin for your browser to accessvideo chat.

Hangouts allows you to place phone calls right from your browser to just about any number in the world (with some limitations(Opens in a new window) ). Most calls within the U.S. or Canada are completely gratis, but you have the option to set up a calling credit(Opens in a new window) to pay for any international calls.

To place a call, just click the little phone icon at the top of your chat window (if you're an Android user, you'll already have access to the phone numbers of the Hangout friends stored in your phone).

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Want to bring some more folks into your conversation? In an open chat window, click the little person icon with the plus sign in the top-left corner and it will open your contact list. Just check the boxes next to any additional folks you'd like to include and they will all be invited to join.

Google developers have a little too much time on their hands. I believe this to be the case because they've softwired a number of completely unnecessary animated Easter Eggs into Hangouts, which are prompted by certain phrases. We've put together a comprehensive list here, but here are some fun ones you might want to try:

If you click the little gear icon in the top-right corner of your chat window, you'll be able to commandeer certain settings for your communications with that specific user. For example, you can toggle the option to receive notifications from them on or off, or choose if you'd like to keep a detailed record of the Hangout History. You even have the option to block the person directly from this window.

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In addition, if you are accessing Hangouts through Gmail, you can access main settings through the little downward arrow next to your name above the chat list on your left. Here, you can set your status, mute notifications for a certain time, or see your blocked and hidden contacts.

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Evan Dashevsky served as a features editor with and host of live interview series The Convo. He could usually be found listening to blisteringly loud noises on his headphones while exploring the nexus between tech, culture, and politics. Follow his thought sneezes over on the Twitter (@haldash) and slightly more in-depth diatribin' over on the Facebook.editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.

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Man, being a developer at Google must be pretty sweet. While most of us run around like maniacs trying to maximize the too-few hours we have in a day, the only priority for a Google dev is finding new ways to fill up all those vast expanses of me-time. We know this is true because these devs seem to have so much free time in which to concoct needlessly intricate pranks and plant little hidden Easter Eggs throughout the greater Google-verse.

Poke around, they're ev-er-y-where. And so why would we expect anything different from the devs behind Google's poly-platform messaging system, Google Hangouts?

Indeed, inside Hangouts, users will find a bevy of hidden (and occasionally crudely rendered) animated scenes referencing common IM-speak and seemingly nonsensical inside jokes. (You'll see what we mean.)

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Before we get started, we should note that you can only access these little tricks if you are using Google Hangouts via your mobile device (available on Android and iOS), a browser extension (available on Chrome and Firefox), or directly from Gmail.

As long as you have Gmail, you can access Hangouts

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