Hangouts for Android starts scoring video chats over cellular on AT&T


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Attention folks on AT&T: you can soon video chat on Hangouts over a cellular connection now that the feature is being green-lit by the carrier and the Android app has scored an update. As discovered shortly after the release of the standalone Hangouts app, the perk could be accessed solely via WiFi -- an inconvenience shared by other chat apps on AT&T's devices. While Ma Bell originally claimed the issue could only be remedied by the OS and manufacturers, it soon changed its melody and announced its intention to activate video chat over 3G / 4G for all pre-loaded apps within the year. Don't be surprised if the function still doesn't work after you've installed Hangouts' latest update, however: the carrier's still not done flipping the switch across the board, but it expects to complete the rollout by year's end. Head past the break to read a statement from AT&T on the matter.
 
This makes sense given what we've shared before: Throughout the second half of this year, we plan to enable pre-loaded video chat apps over cellular for all our customers, regardless of data plan or device; that work is underway and expected to be complete by year end.

 

 

 
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Phones have been capable of video chats since 3G first came out. It's never caught on, and it's never going to catch on. Even Apple couldn't convince people to use it more than once or twice.

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I've used Hangouts quite a few to talk with relatives abroad but yes, 99% of the time you most likely don't really want video in your chats.

 

On the other hand you can just disable the camera in the app and use it for free group calls.

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