Google has announced that the full Google Docs suite is now fully integrated with Google+ Hangouts. The integration means that Google Doc users will now have the option to video chat with collaborators within their web-based document.
Previously the feature was accessible through an opt-in program “Hangouts with extras” along with several other features like Screensharing, Sketchpad, and Mobile hangouts.
Google developer Robin Schriebman announced the integration on her Google+ page yesterday.
To try out the new feature:
- Click on the new “Docs” button inside your hangout
- Add an existing document, or upload a new one
- View & choose from added documents, which appear as a list on the left-hand side
- Edit one document or switch between and collaboratively edit multiple documents at once
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I don't think this will solve basic problem. undoubtedly Hangouts and Google docs is great integration but since there are many issues when it comes to Google docs just like Google Spreadsheets is online, why doesn’t it go beyond versioning and creating multiple copies of the same data? What if I want to share different filters of the same spreadsheet for others to update and make my life easier?
I would be interested in some alternatives to Google docs and have come across this tool called CollateBox http://www.collatebox.com/ looks promising to me.