Google Hangouts (previously Google Talk) is an online chatting and phone/video calling platform by Google. It was the default chat for Google+ and Gmail until Google+ was shut down. Since then, Google has experimented a lot with Hangouts. It is Google’s response to Skype and Slack with the company forcing it in the enterprise direction. Recently, Google launched Hangouts Meet which is made especially for GSuite customers.
Hangouts is perhaps maybe just an app for chats and video calls for general people. But do you know there are many hidden tricks and tips and even easter eggs on it?
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Easter Eggs? What are those?
In the tech and gaming industry, easter eggs are hidden features or tools which are hidden by the developers. These are only accessible by entering a unique code or pressing a set of buttons in that particular manner.
The first Easter Egg was found in Atari’s game titled Adventure. In that game, programmer Warren Robinett hid his name inside the game despite when the corporate rule at Atari stated that programmers weren’t allowed in the credits of the game. Since then, Easter Eggs have developed very much, perhaps not including illegal things, but rather funny things to excite the audience.
Google has never failed to surprise us with Easter Eggs. Every iteration of Android has some kind of Easter Egg, which can be usually found out by tapping on the Android version.
Not only on Android, but even Google search has Easter Eggs. Try searching the words “do a barrel roll” or “askew”. Hangouts’ Easter Eggs add fun and liven up the boring conversations in day to day life.
Here are some cool tricks you can enjoy on Google Hangouts:
List of Cool Google Hangouts Tricks
1. Cute Little Ponies
Everyone wants a little fun while chatting and what’s better than a running pony? Type the /ponies command in a Hangouts chat and a pony will start racing at the bottom of your screen.
If that’s not enough for you, you can make a herd of ponies race as well. Just type /ponystream and you’ll see many ponies racing from both left and right directions at the bottom of the screen. Type /ponystream once again to make them disappear.
2. Shy Dinosaur
Google Hangouts has got not only cute ponies but even a shy dinosaur. Type the /shydino command to befriend the shy dinosaur. You can make him stay for as long as you want. But when it’s the time to go, use the same command again.
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3. The Konami Code Background
The Konami Code is a type of cheat code which could unlock hidden things in Konami’s games popular in the 90s. Similarly, when you use that code in Google Hangouts, the background changes to a green scenic one.
Use the below mentioned Konami code using the arrow keys and hit Enter.
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A
4. More Colorful Backgrounds!
If you’re tired of the bland white background which Hangouts offers by default, then you’d definitely like this trick. By using the command /bikeshed, you can change yours and even the other person’s background chat color. Enter the command multiple times and each time, a new color will appear.
If the person with whom you’re chatting with doesn’t know about this command, it will be fun to watch them get surprised!
5. Angry Mob with Pitchforks!
Did the person whom you are chatting with said something which made you angry? There’s one thing you can do to take the revenge! Send them an angry mob with torches and pitchforks! Well, at least you can do that virtually by typing the /pitchforks command.
After you hit Enter, an angry mob will charge from the bottom right to the bottom left of the screen to seek revenge for you.
You can even record your Hangouts conversation with this Angry Mob and send it to your friends.
6. Old School Emojis
Google Hangouts isn’t really a new chat platform. In fact, it has been here since the times of ASCII emojis like :). It still has some nifty old emojis you can try even today. Some of the commands which generate emojis are – /tableflip, /facepalm, /shruggie, /dealwithit, /success, /happy, /shame, /puppyparty, /lit, /flowerbeam, /wizard and more.
7. Corgis!
Corgis are fun dogs and even Google Hangouts have them. As you probably might have guessed, just type the /corgis or /corgisparty command to get a corgis animation on the bottom of your screen. Perhaps the person whom you’re chatting with likes dogs and could really like you if you use this command :P Who knows?
8. Rolling a Dice
We all have played board games and the Dice isn’t something that stays with us for long. Google Hangouts has got another command where you’ll be able to roll a dice and it will show you a random number. Type /roll and click enter. A pop-up message will ensure everyone in the chat sees the result.
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If you want a more creative method, you can roll double, triple or any number dice with any number sides. Type the command /roll3d6 for example. This will roll 3 six-sided dice. Some other combinations you can try are /roll5d20 which will roll 5 dice with 20 sides each.
9. Format Your Sentences
You might be formatting your sentences on WhatsApp for quite a while now. But Google Hangouts has this feature for ages. It’s the same Microsoft Word commands here as well – Ctrl + B for Bold, Ctrl + I for Italic and Ctrl + U for underline. You can even use these formatting features all at once!
10. Select Who Can Contact You
Google and Gmail have connections to the same people. Due to this, often our friends, colleagues, and acquaintances get mixed up a bunch of other people we probably don’t know about. But did you know you can select who can contact you? Go to the “Invitations” tab and choose your invitation preferences on that menu.
11. 8Ball
Ever stuck in a conversation where you don’t know what to say next? Perhaps /8ball command will help you keep the conversation going. No, it doesn’t invite the other person to play 8 Ball Pool with you if that’s what you are wondering about. What it does is, it generates random text answers. Some of them include “Very doubtful”, “As I see it, yes”, “Better not tell you now”, etc.
12. ME!
Before you even think about it, no, I’m not referring to Taylor Swift’s new song, but with Google Hangouts, you can use the /me command to refer to yourself and then type a sentence. For example, typing “/me is a great person” will come up as <your name> is a great person. Isn’t this a perfect way of addressing yourself and also give a little praising from time to time?
It’s important to know that these commands will work if and only if you write them as mentioned above. Also, it’s worth noting that some of these commands will work on desktop and the other ones are mobile-exclusive. You can check them out to see which ones work for you on your device.
So these were the top tricks and Easter eggs for Google Hangouts. We hope you are amazed after knowing so many cool tricks. If we missed out any of the tricks or you discovered some, feel free to comment down below and share with everyone!
great
i already new how to do the bold italic and underlines but thx for the other cool tricks!
I used /8ball on my BFF, and she is soo confused right now; she thinks I got hacked or something.
lol
OMG Lol 🤣
My BFF is the one who taught me about 8 ball
usefull!
Oh.My.Gosh. Thoughts tricks are the coolest!I really like the /corgis one. My sister sent it to me so I could see what it was.But it is totally halaourias
Thank you
I loved all these tricks and I kept annoying my sister with them;)
I assure you that is not a good thing to do :P
i think its a great thing to do :)
yes it is
yup, she might give you revenge by finding this website
never tell your younger sisters
i mean it… (Ծ‸ Ծ) (questionable)
:P
yep.lol
i agree. this is wrong.
Finally, I have one supporter :D
You are totally right. this is rong.
:P
Ha! Funny! That is great.
LOL i feel it ok to do that.. after all.. all siblings have to find a way to anoy there siblings…. and would you guys ( the ones who say its wrong) would you say no if her sibling found this and did it to her?
lol i asked if magic 8ball if my crush would ask me out and he did 20 minutes later!
same!
THAT IS AWESOME!
That’s awesome! Good for you :)
aw good for u. u got luck on ur side lol
Loved this! I gave this website to my friends and they went crazy with it.
Thank you I love to use these tricks on my friends
this is nice
that’s cool! I love sharing these tricks with my friends!
I love these tricks my friend was like, huh?
same here
Same, its amazing and my friend was like “OMG TEACH ME! HOW DID U DO IT???” Lol
Yes me toooo
Ya, same my friend was like “WHAT!!!???”
I love these
iTS Really funny
They were really cool! It fooled everyone!
Yo, this is so cool, My sister is soooooooooo confused LOL
OMG these tricks are amazing I did them on my friends and they were begging me so much to tell them and overall this is just amazing and fun WOULD RECOMMEND
OMG i think these are the amazingest things ever
these are AWESOME!!!!!!!!! use them every time!!!
hey Mehul Boricha, i wonder if you can make more… (ᵔᴥᵔ)
sorry to bother you!!! @_@
Yeah, I will try to do that! :D
Yay!
Thanks now i get to trick my friends even more hehehe.
Wow! I used the /Ponystream and my friends are still trying to figure out how to turn it off!! 😂
LOL lol my friends are all woahhhh
lol we made a group with 300 people and i put ponystream and the color background and i was like everybod we hacked the system and everyone was like ahhhhhhhhh what happened and i was cracking up
Lol
great
i loved these tricks. their THEE BEST
Those are some tricks!😁
these are awesome I have so much fun with them
These are awesome, especially #12!
i love it! :D even though practicly everyone in my school knows them… konami code is an awesome trick and so is those emojis like /shruggie /facepalm is my favourite! UwU
Amazing!
I did it to my friend and she was supa supa confused >:)
i told her what i did and she got revenge ;-;
saddest part: she blocked meh ;-;
That is a dumb reason to block someone XDD
ikr my friend did the same thing she was so mad! 😂😂
:) :) :)
I think this amazing I wish there is way more than this
this is so cool thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love em
this is the best
/me farted ;D
I also have over 100 hangouts <:)
I have about 14000
Lol I am pranking my friends rn XD
wow it works no way
nice
it worked lmao
This is cool, and I like it
this is really awesome
It confused my friends too!
it’s amazing! i love sharing this with my friends and them going WHAT? it’s amazing
Really cool
Omg i sent these to my friends and they were so confusedon how i did it!!!
So fun
nice!
/me leaves your pic right there so they know it is you even in group chats
sooooo fun i didnt think they would work!!!!!!
omg i LOVE the tips! i can get my friends 2 be like “whaaaat how’d u do that?”
thnx so much!
my friends were like “WHAAAAT?”
i LOVE it! it works sooo well, and even my friend that knows pretty much every command in hangouts was saying “how did u find out how 2 do that?” thnx techrrival!
The konami code is hard to dojust sayin”
Yeah 😂😂😂
but its worth it thats for sure 😁😁! My friends and classmates are still confused on this! I actually found out some before i saw this but thank you for this!
I realy love all these really cool tricks. but the 8 ball thing is really wierd
OMG these things are so awesome!!! Loved fooling around with my friends… Especially since they don’t know how to do it!! ;)
not really, you just press up up down down left right left right b a then enter
these are so cool!
Thank you for this! I learned a LOT!
Thanks this helped me a lot
I knew about all of these except the older emojis
WOW helped me a lot
WOW i never knew these my friend teached me a few but she never knew the “/me is a great person” one and the pony herd, too! THX!
I liked all of these. I taught everyone them, THEY LOVED IT!!!
Tehetehe
my brother told me about this cus he loves me:)
lmao
cool they work !
thx a lot😍🙂
Bruh so cool dude
wowo
Nice
thax so much we need more
I used all these tricks and I taught my friend. thanks!
OMG SO AWSOME i sent one to my freind and girrll she freaked
Nice now I know about these commands and tell them to my friends thxx
lol this is soo fun! I tried to konami one and its so pretty!!!
I learned so much things! Now all my friends are sooooo confused! Thanks so much
i showed my mom and friend it and my friend loved it so did my mom
This is sooo cool! my friend was doing the me one and im like, woahhh thanks 4 telling me how!
Thank you so much techrrival! The /8ball trick helped me out in a lot of conversations. And I did the konami code and /bikeshed, which made a landscape with a blue sky. One day, my friend also angered me a lot, so I sent a bunch of people with pitchforks and torches. Again, thank you so much!😁😁😁
That seems like so me!
i love corgis so much
i tried the /dealwithit on my mom she was like magic
VERY COOL
these are amazing I wrote them down in a book lol
/happy
I love all of these tricks me and my family and especially my friends have so much fun especially with the corgis!
omg.
So cool
These are amazing! Thank you so much! My friends are so confused!
this is such a good prank
/lit
this is worth traying with youre friends love it
I did this to everyone i knew and they were blown but my sister was not beacuse she knew these tricks my favourite trick is the one where you can change the background.
these make me wanna BUST A NUT
Yeah that one is cool
LOL this new tricks suprized me and my friends thnx a lot for sharing the tricks of hangout!
lol
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I LOVE THIS!!!
omg this is so cool!!! my BFF went in shock …later I told her the background change code she was in her iPad and it was not working for her she got so mad at me ..lol
Wow… NOICE!!! This is soooo cool!!
I LOVE these new tricks, I knew every one of them except the Coded one, I mean, who would of expected THAT, Well My computer dosent have hangouts anymore but google chat yes so if you could find out some tricks for that, it would be AWSOME!!! Well, if you can do it I will give you 1,000,000,000,000 likes (if I could)!!!
my friends: @_@
me: = D
I tried them on my family and they held me hostage to tell them how I did it! They were so confused!
U w U
I LOVE IT!!