Good to know someone else experienced this. Federation with new Hangouts may not be completely dead -- see my sibling comment if you're interested -- but they c

Good to know someone else experienced this. Federation with new Hangouts may not be completely dead -- see my sibling comment if you're interested -- but they crippled it so bad, it may as well be. It's such weird behavior that I almost wonder if it's an accidental regression, as I don't why they'd bother to have it almost-work like that.