![]() ![]() This is a specific issue related to Hangouts on certain Android phones when pictures are sent over MMS. Photos sent via Hangouts over MMS taken in portrait mode automatically rotate and turn into landscape photos Notifications can also be suspended indefinitely on a per-user basis by selecting the gear icon in a Hangout window and unchecking the Notifications box there. You can use Menu > Snooze notifications to suspend alerts on that device. On Android devices, you have a few more options. First, you can sign out of Hangouts on devices or browsers form which you don’t want notifications, or close the app altogether. If you’re getting too many notifications, a few solutions are available. You can run IE in Desktop mode by launching it from the desktop instead of the Start screen, and then install Hangouts, or you can simply switch to another browser. To work around this, you have a couple of choices. That’s because Hangouts requires a plug-in to operate on IE, and the full-screen, Metro-style version of IE doesn’t allow any plug-ins at all. If you’re using the Start screen to launch Internet Explorer, you may find that Hangouts simply doesn’t work. Sorry, Metro fans! Launch your browser from the Windows desktop in order to use Chrome. Hangouts doesn’t work in Internet Explorer from the Windows 8 Start screen Image: Christopher Null Did we miss a Hangouts hangup that’s making your life hellish? Let us know in the comments. So we feel our readers’ pain on this one, and that’s why we asked videoconferencing expert Christopher Null how to cure five of its most notable headaches. ![]() Just when we think we’ve figured out all the kinks, something else goes awry. But it’s Google Hangouts that PCWorld’s editors have, for several years, tried and largely failed to use for staff meetings with remote users. ![]() Editor’s note: To be fair to Google Hangouts, Skype has its problems, too. ![]()
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