On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 4:29 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 2:47 AM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yes, your smartphone will have the Hangouts app installed. You can be the >> equivalent of invisible by unchecking the 'Last seen' checkbox in the app >> settings under the account settings, 'Share your status' section.​ >> >> ​As per https://support.google.com/chat/answer/162730?hl=en >> >> - To hide when you were last seen using Hangouts, uncheck Show when >> you were last seen online in your chat settings menu (click the >> dropdown menu next to your name in Gmail). The green status bar or >> dot will not appear next to your name, and your "last seen" state will >> not >> be shown. You can still send and receive messages. Learn more >> <https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3111918>. >> >> ​I wasn't even thinking about Hangouts with regard to the smartphone. I > barely use Gmail with it (smartphone)--yet.​ All my comments pertained to > Gmail as I know and love it on my computers. > You purchased an Android based phone which is tied very closely with your Google account. When you setup your phone you signed into your Google account. I am sure they have many Google programs pre-installed on the phone and once you signed in with your Google account those apps were active. I wouldn't be surprised if Hangouts was one of those programs and is now active and signed in all of the time. Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
