Adding Group Text Chat to a Hangout

You can add text-based chat to your hangout for another way to communicate with your group. Unlike traditional chats, Google+ doesn’t retain a record of a chat conducted during a hangout.

To add group text chat to your hangout, follow these steps:

1. Click the Chat button in the lower left corner of the Google+ Hangouts window, as shown in Figure 10.13.

Figure 10.13 Add group text chat to your hangout.

2. In the text box at the bottom of the chat window, type your text and press Enter. Google+ displays your text in the chat window for everyone in the hangout to see, just as it does with a regular chat (see Figure 10.14).

Figure 10.14 Participating in group text chat.

3. Participate in group text chat during your hangout.