Compare Chrome extensions: Mote: voice notes & feedback vs Google Hangouts

Stats Mote: voice notes & feedback Mote: voice notes & feedback Google Hangouts Google Hangouts
User count 2,000,000+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 4.66 3.40
Rating count 157 33,665
Last updated 2024-04-19 2022-04-14
Size 9.11M 721.92K
Version 0.5.7 2022.407.1237.1
Short description
Mote - fast, friendly voice messaging Hangouts brings conversations to life with photos, emoji, and even group video calls for free.
Full summary

With Mote, easily add voice comments and audio content to documents, assignments, emails and forms.

Mote is integrated into Google Docs, Classroom and many other Google Workspace apps - for easy recording and playback. Mote also supports voice feedback within the Instructure Canvas SpeedGrader.

You can also create voice notes on any website, and share these as embedded voice notes, by using the Mote extension 'Magic Mic' recorder.

You can embed your mote recordings into apps like Notion and Google Sites, or share your voice notes as a QR code.

Mote supports transcription in more than 40 world languages, including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic.*

Mote for teachers: Ask students questions and provide feedback, quickly and with the feeling of human connection. Whether you're at home or in the classroom, Mote helps educators and students to stay connected.

Add voice comments within Google Classroom's Stream and Private Comments views, as well as within Google Docs, Slides and Sheets. Look for the Mote icon in comment boxes.

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Use Hangouts to keep in touch. Message friends, start free video or voice calls, and hop on a conversation with one person or a group.

  • Include all your friends with group chats for up to 150 people.
  • Say more with photos, videos, maps, emoji, stickers, and animated GIFs.Turn any conversation into a free group video call with up to 10 friends.
  • Keep in touch with friends across Android, iOS, and the web, and sync chats across all your devices.
  • Message friends anytime, even if they’re offline.
  • Snooze your notifications so you can respond later.
  • See what you chatted about in the past, including shared photos and your video call history.
  • Keep a record of any conversation for just a short period of time by turning history off.
  • Connect your Google Voice account to make calls, send and receive SMS, and access your voicemail.

Hangouts Chrome extension:

  • Use Hangouts and get notifications as you move from tab to tab in Chrome, or even without a Chrome window open.
  • Position Hangouts anywhere on your screen, even if you have more than one monitor. Keep conversations in a single window or pop out the important ones.
  • View and continue your conversations across devices.
  • Get notifications just once. After you see an alert, it’ll be removed on other devices.
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