Google Hangouts is a device where you can video call people from anywhere. You have to have a gmail account to use this like a lot of other google apps. It is kind of like skype. But 10 times worse. I had SO many problems connecting with someone RIGHT NEXT TO ME. Aside from that. The video call is super laggy. I got a solid 2 frames per second when I finally did get in the call. Google Hangouts is garbage and I do not suggest it to anybody. Use skype instead. It does the exact same thing.... But it works.