Google Hangouts Update Rolling Out Adds Individual Contact Notification Tones and More [APK Download]

It is Wednesday and what would a Wednesday be without some updates to Google apps. Before we get tot he hangouts update, you should know that the Play Store also picked up a small bump. Moving from v4.8.19 to v4.8.20. We linked the download in the original post for you guys. As for the Hangouts update, it gets a boost to v2.1.223. That is slightly up from the previous 2.1.100 update that went out nearly a month ago. Wow, time flies. In terms of version numbers, it isn’t huge, but the additions in the update are pretty important to plenty of people out there.

Probably the single great addition in this update is the ability to set up per-contact notification tones. Not just for messages, but also for calls. Having a unified message tone was one killer that I know drove me insane. Now you can set your wife to one tone and your brother to another and know who hit you up without even looking.

The update also brings in a “Hidden Contacts” list that you can access via the settings in Hangouts. If you want to hide a contact from your conversations list, long press on them and a pop up will appear that will let you hide them. Useful if your contact list is ginormous and you don’t talk to most of them.

There are a few other details in the update like keyboard indicator to switch between number pad and a full keyboard and a unified SMS block list. All good thing to finally have in an integrated messaging solution like Hangouts.

As always, the download is available for you to pick up and install at your leisure.

Google Hangouts v2.1.233 APK download 

Source: Android Police