How to Add Google Hangouts to Messages on Mac

How to Add Google Hangouts to Messages on Mac

Did you know the Mac Messages app can support chatting with Google Hangouts natively? This is a nice feature for Mac users who chat with Google Hangout and leave a web browser window open to do so, since youll be able to communicate and message through Google Hangouts (aka modern Google Talk) but directly in the same Messages app you use for iMessage communication on the Mac.

 Thats all there is to it, youll be able to message users via Google Hangouts directly from the same iMessage app on the Mac. Note if you use two factor authentication for Google (as you should) then youll need to generate an app password for setting up with Messages on the Mac.

The Messages for Mac app is more diverse than many users realize, and it actually supports multiple other chat protocols including the native iMessage, , AOL, AIM, Google as outlined above, and any Jabber based chat protocol too. Once upon a time even and Yahoo Messenger was supported too!