#Google hangouts free#

Any app that allows digital conversations should be monitored by parents. The bottom line – is Google Hangouts safe? We recommend that young users use the (3) setting until they graduate to the (2) setting. Users have three options: (1) contact me directly, (2) can send me an invitation, or (3) can’t send me invitations. A parent review stated her son was being contacted by a person requesting pictures of him, but this is due to her son not having privacy set correctly. Is sexual content and/or nudity and crude humor possible? If the user hasn’t set privacy correctly, then strangers can contact users directly. This support article explains all the variables. If you’re in a group, one person can’t delete the history, but you can leave the group. This is better than iMessage, where it’s possible to delete individual messages in a conversation string. You can delete an entire Google Hangouts conversation history with one person, but not individual messages with a person. Teens can’d delete or turn off message history. See Privacy below for links that help control who you connect with. They may also find individuals in communities on Google+, which the app is capable of linking to if it is downloaded. Users are able to connect with already existing contacts from their devices or locate other users who might be acquaintances or following. It’s super easy to connect, cheaply, with friends. What do parents need to know about Google Hangouts? Most importantly, Hangouts is part of the Google Suite of products, and can be used by teachers who might need to connect with students in a virtual learning environment (for example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially after Zoom became such a privacy risk). There’s the option for group chats with up to 150 participants and the ability to include up to 10 people per video call.

#Google hangouts free#

It allows users to connect with others from all over the world and all the calls to other Hangouts users are free (absent your carrier’s charges). Description: Google Hangouts is a messaging, video, and calling app.