I don't want to download the Google Hangouts app on my phone. Is there a way to access Google Hangouts chat using a mobile browser such as mobile Safari?
1 Answer
- Go to
gmail.com
in mobile Safari. Hold the refresh button, and choose Request Desktop Site.
It will look exactly the same, but it actually did something.
- Go up to the URL and delete everything after
https://mail.google.com/
.
The chat windows will be really small and barely usable, but you can at least read messages and probably send them too.
If you do things in a different order or try to use the button at the bottom of the screen to toggle between standard
and basic HTML
, you'll either end up going back to the mobile site, or you'll end up with the following error:
You have been redirected to the basic HTML version because this browser is not supported. To use standard view please upgrade to a supported browser.
Ignore that message and try opening up a new tab and trying that same process above.