Google Continues To Pry Google+ Loose From Hangouts With The Latest Update

That big Hangouts update wasn't just about making it prettier and finally rolling in Google Voice. Google also continued its efforts to make Hangouts independent of Google+, as it previously announced. You can now make multi-way video calls without a Google+ profile on Android.

As of the most recent update, users without a Google+ profile will be able to do the following via the app.

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  Start Hangout video calls with up to 15 participants

  
  


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  Include any external guests who have a Google account

  
  


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  Add, change or join a video call in a Google Calendar entry

  
  


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  Join or start a Hangout by URL or at g.co/hangout/ (and g.co/present/ to just present)

  
  

The last movement on this front was back in June when Google changed the behavior of user profile pics in Hangouts.

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