Messenger for Google™ Hangouts

Name: Messenger for Google™ Hangouts
Rating: 2.9412 (68 reviews)
Author: Arthur

By: Arthur

Easily connect with friends and family while you browse internet. This add-on brings conversations to life with photos, emoji, and even group video calls!

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Features & Capabilities

Messenger for Google™ Hangouts is a convenient Chrome extension that enhances your communication experience by providing easy access to Google Hangouts in a detached popup window. This lets you stay connected with friends and family without disrupting your browsing or work. The extension supports all Google Hangouts features, including chats, video, and audio calls, enriched with photos and emojis to bring your conversations to life.

Key features include automatic popup resizing when opening chat widgets, desktop notifications for new messages, and a privacy option to turn off the seen status. Note this is an unofficial add-on developed independently to improve your Hangouts use, offering seamless and distraction-free chatting and calling directly from your browser.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Arthur

Daily users:

2,250 -38

Rating:

2.94

(68)

Version:

0.1.10resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5726353

Creation date:

2014-08-28

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Permissions:

Content scripts matches:

hangouts.google.com

Size:

86.37KB

Email:

ar*****@gmail.com

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-18

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,014 ▼ 24

Other rankings

#185 in Games & Entertainment ▼ 5

#230 in Social & Communication ▼ 1

#7 in messenger keyword 19

#92 in range keyword 14

#98 in conversation keyword 34

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Developed by:

Arthur

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/google-hangouts/

Email:

ar*****@gmail.com

Website:

http://add0n.com/google-hangouts.html

User Reviews

Users appreciate the add-on's ability to access Google Hangouts directly within Firefox, especially when Chrome is undesirable or Hangouts is blocked. It opens quickly and separately from the main browser window. However, common complaints include the pop-up window's inability to be minimized and its always-on-top behavior, lack of message notifications, occasional input box failures, and that it mostly serves as a simple link to Hangouts without additional features.

Pros

Allows access to Google Hangouts through Firefox without needing Chrome.
Opens in a separate pane, providing fast and responsive performance.
Can bypass restrictions in certain environments where Hangouts is blocked.

Cons

The application window cannot be minimized and always stays on top, which is inconvenient for single-screen users.
Lacks new message notifications, reducing its usefulness for active chat monitoring.
Text input box sometimes stops working, hindering message sending capability.
Often just opens a link to the Hangouts web app without added functionality, making it feel like a basic shortcut rather than a full extension.

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Is Messenger for Google™ Hangouts Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Messenger for Google™ Hangouts requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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Messenger for Google™ Hangouts is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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