Android education section - Google Hangouts

[John Hegarty]

Google's developer conference, Google IO is currently taking place in the US. Lots of announcements today that I haven't had time to go through fully. 

One was in the area of Android where they are making a play for the education market with a section in the Google Play store with curated apps for education that facilitates teachers pushing apps to multiple devices - more here http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4333896/google-takes-on-apple-in-schools-with-google-play-for-education

Another is a revamped Google Hangouts. This has to be enabled in the Google Apps for Education control panel by the administrator before users can sign in. The checkbox is located under SETTINGS (top menu bar) - TALK (side menu bar). It took me a while to find it. screenshot attached. Hangouts is now a separate app in iOS and Android - more here http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4318830/inside-hangouts-googles-big-fix-for-its-messaging-mess

jh