Google Hangouts tricks you should know

Google has killed off its GTalk instant messaging service, making Hangouts the only way you can contact the people you regularly chat with.

So it's high time you check out these 8 simple Google Hangouts tips and tricks that will make chatting on Hangouts simpler and more fun.

In Hangouts, you can use way more emojis and send pictures or draw doodles (but for those last two, you need to have a Google+ account).

 

You can make a simple Hangouts chat a lot more fun with this trick.

 

Or type "woot," "LMAO," or "happy birthday."

 

You can translate your messages into a bunch of different languages using Google's chat bots.

 

Add some emphasis with bold, italicize, or strike-through formatting in Google Hangouts.

 

And these are some emojis that Google doesn't list, but will animate.

 

You can move all your Google chat contacts to the right side of the screen in Labs, under Settings.

 

You can also talk about yourself in the third person while chatting in Hangouts.