Google’s Mayur Kamat recently took to his Google+ account to announce the news of the update saying: “New version of Hangouts Chrome App is out. Contacts sit along the left panel, with ongoing chats framed on the right. As you can see in the images, the newly updated app is sporting Google’s material design aesthetic, along with a much more simplified approach overall. While there a few popular options to use Hangouts outside of the official OS X Chrome app, like Adium, Google has slapped a fresh coat of paint and reworked the basic design to hopefully make it more appealing to its users. For all of you Mac owners that use Google Hangouts on a regular basis to chat with your friends, family and co-workers, the search giant is launching an update that might make you reconsider the official app.
