Have You Checked Out Google Hangouts?

Ever since it ditched Google Talk and
integrated everything into Hangouts, Google's
messaging service has become pervasive on
mobile and the web. While the search giant
routinely adds new features, a bigger update
could be on the way, at least according to a
new leak from Chrome tinkerer Florian Kiersch .
He got his hands on a recent test build of
Hangouts, known internally as UltraViolet, that
shows Google is testing a new interface that
mimics the " chat heads " found in Facebook's
Messenger app on Android. According to
Kiersch, floating profile icons are just one of
the many UI changes expected to come to
Hangouts in the near future, but thanks to the
experimental nature of the leaked browser app,
it's the only new feature we're able to lay eyes
on, at least for now.