[72deluxe]

My brother and I have avoided upgrading the Talk application on our mobiles and we can video call each other from it. I can call him from my Xoom too, which I also have upgraded to the latest Hangouts.

If I attempt to video call from a laptop to my brother (using the plugin you must install in Chrome etc.), he never gets notified and it states that he can't join the Hangout.

This makes the service useless.

Why is this broken? How do I fix it? Is there anyone here from Google that can help?

I remember using MSN in the olden days on a variety of platforms with joy and ease, yet as everyone states, all these new tiny platforms that compete makes it actually impossible to reliably send messages to anyone. I still use SMS for that.

Also, does anyone know if Hangouts on Android indicates if someone is online or offline yet?