Google Hangouts are an easy way to connect with family and friends where ever you are! First you must download the Google hangouts plugin before you can get started.  You can have up to seven people at a time video chatting on Google hangouts. It's a great way to catch up with family and friends that live far away from you. On Google Hangouts you cant put on different digital face masks, backgrounds, and lots of other fun stuff. You don't have to type everything you want to say in an IM you cant just talk through the video. Having two people in the same room video chatting the same people causes a lot of background noise and echoing, I would got into two different rooms to video chat!