You can also pop out important conversations and pin them to your desktop. Position the app anywhere on your screen, including multi-monitor configurations. Hover over any avatar to get a peek at the most recent message. Chat windows auto minimize when you're inactive to avoid cluttering your screen. Your friends' avatars animate on your screen and stay on top so you never miss an important message. Launch Hangouts from the Start menu, have it pinned on your taskbar and switch apps using Alt+Tab. Hangouts runs in the background and notifies you of new messages and incoming calls with animated notifications. New single window mode to consolidate all your chats.Acts like an independiente program in Mac OS X.The new Hangouts Chrome app brings all you love about Hangouts to your computer running Chrome OS or Windows and lets you stay connected with friends no matter what device they're on. Hangouts gives you more ways to talk with chat, video and voice calls, all for free.