v2.8-3437b00

XHangouts v2.8 introduces the following features and improvements:

• Support for Google Hangouts 11.0.125976520
• Merged conversations have been restored
• The visibility of the emoji, gallery, camera, video, sticker, and location buttons can now be toggled.
• An experimental screen-off option that may help Hangouts notify you of new messages after the screen turns off.
• Misc. code cleanup

v2.7.1-c30b5d1

XHangouts v2.7.1 restores the functionality of the "send & lock" feature.

v2.7-ea3daf4

XHangouts v2.7 introduces the following features and improvements:

• Support for Google Hangouts 10.0.123391178
• Improved Marshmallow permission handling
• Hangouts will now display a message when it's incompatible with XHangouts
• Fixed a minor issue with the call button logic
• Removed support for StorePrefs as it's no longer being maintained
• Dark theme fixes and improvements

v2.6-d28008a

XHangouts v2.6 introduces the following features and improvements:

• Support for Google Hangouts 8.1.121732641
• Dark theme fixes and improvements
• An option to use black backgrounds
• Unread conversations can now be highlighted
• Access to hidden debug options
• Enhanced the call button logic
• App size optimizations

v2.5-d37dfdf

XHangouts v2.5 introduces a number of changes including:

• Support for Google Hangouts 8.0.116581895
• Dark theme support!
• Chat bubbles can now be automatically colorized based on your primary color selection.
• Resolved an issue with the settings menu on tablets
• Fixed a crash on Marshmallow devices when attempting to replace a sound

v2.4-a5e3712

XHangouts v2.4 introduces a number of changes including:

• Support for Google Hangouts 7.0.113317058
• Support for StorePrefs v1.0.3. If enabled, you will be warned before upgrading to an unsupported version of Hangouts in the Play Store.
• Added ability to always hide or show the emoji button
• Fixed a crash when accepting a call
• Internal code refactoring to address some unpredictable bugs and performance issues

v2.3.1-954adc3

This is a quick bug fix release which addresses the following:

• Google Voice MMS quality degradation
• Hangouts Dialer colorization issue
• Potential crash/exception in resource hook

v2.3-f034154

XHangouts v2.3 introduces a variety of new features, bug fixes, and most importantly support for the latest (at time of release) version of Google Hangouts. After two betas the final change log is as follows:

• Support for Google Hangouts 6.1.109448852
• Google Voice MMS is now also scaled and compressed similarly to MMS.
• The app color option now applies to all applicable user interface elements.
• Added the ability to colorize bubble colors, some text, and hyperlink colors.
• Prevent Hangouts crash when XHangouts is disabled.
• Fixed message type spinner padding
• Fixed a crash in the sound file chooser.
• Support for Xposed for Marshmallow.
• Tentative support for Xposed versions below v54 down to v42.
• Attach anytime has been removed.
• The Hide Emoji option has been removed.
• MMS APN Splicing has been removed
• Other miscellaneous improvements.

A hearty thank you goes out to @blackbox87, who completed the bulk of the work in this release.

v2.3-beta2-c5d4cc8

This unstable release of XHangouts v2.3 includes the following changes from the first beta:

• Support for only Google Hangouts 6.0.107278502 (at the time of release, this is the latest)
• The Sound replacement feature is in need of testing.
• MMS image resizing is back
• Google Voice MMS is now also scaled and compressed similarly to carrier MMS
• The interface is now entirely colorized
• Compiled against Marshmallow. Should work on Xposed for Marshmallow.
• MMS APN Splicing has been at least temporarily removed.
• Fixed crash in the sound file chooser
• A few miscellaneous other changes.

A hearty thank you goes out to @blackbox87, who completed the bulk of the work in this release.

Please report any bugs or issues you encounter on GitHub or the XDA thread. If it's working perfectly for you, I don't mind hearing that either (on XDA, please)!

v2.3-beta1-a008277

This unstable release of XHangouts v2.3 includes the following changes:

• Support for only Google Hangouts 4.0.100406486 (not the older 4.0.100147489!)
• MMS APN Splicing is in desperate need of testing in this release. If you've used this feature previously, please report back on the XDA thread with your findings.
• The Sound replacement feature is also in need of testing.
• Attach Anytime has been removed as it is no longer needed.
• The Hide Emoji option has met a similar fate.
• The Colorize / App color feature styles almost everything. Still a few assets that need to be recolored.
• MMS Resizing and orientation correction has been disabled. It appears this feature is no longer needed in Hangouts 4.0. Please provide your opinions on this.