Google Hangouts is getting an update which aims at improving the group chat experience. Group chat participants can now share a link to invite others to join the chat.
Instead of adding everyone at once people can opt-in to the group chat. Next up, you can also easily find your group conversations by searching for the group name or participant name. Group search is already available on Android and will be coming to iOS soon.
Moving on, Hangouts is getting other group chat controls. Anyone who is directly invited to a chat will be able to remove others from the group chat, removing that person’s access to the chat history and notifying the group participants. The member can join the group only by being directly invited back by someone already in the group.
Link sharing and removing from groups on Google Hangouts is now available on all platforms. Earlier this month, Hangouts received an update that lets you record and send videos.