Google Hangouts gets a huge update, including Google Voice integration

There's also a brand new Android app and VoIP calling.

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Decoherent[/url]":9goqylyy]I just got an update to Google Voice whose changelog was "Integration with Hangouts", but I still can't get the new Hangouts update. Why the hell would you stagger an app rollout, anyway?

There are several hundred million Android devices in use. Do you really want to try updating all of them at once?

 

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Decoherent[/url]":3rzv30u7]I just got an update to Google Voice whose changelog was "Integration with Hangouts", but I still can't get the new Hangouts update. Why the hell would you stagger an app rollout, anyway?

There are several hundred million Android devices in use. Do you really want to try updating all of them at once?

Not to be snide, but they do that literally every single day for millions of apps. Hell, they pushed out updates to 4 of their own just today.

I suppose they don't want their VoIP servers falling down and giving a bad experience, but it's also a bad experience when you're the only one of your friends who has the new app, and you want to try it out

AFAIK, all apps have staged rollouts. Whenever we push an update for our app to the Play Store, our users report seeing the update anywhere from instantly to not seeing it until a day or more has passed.

 

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aexcorp[/url]":34n13ea6]One thing I just noticed though: I made a call from Hangout to a friend's phone, and the caller ID said "Unknown". I have a Google Voice number as well as an "actual" number and Hangout lists them under settings, but neither were used. Can anybody else try and see if they have the same issue?

My GV # showed up correctly when I called my cell from a WiFi-only GS4.