Google plus Huddle

There are times when you are using Google+ on your android or ios powered iPhone in such case there is a great feature which is intended for these devices on Google+ which is called Huddle. To understand, it is a new way for you to easily stay in touch while you’re on the go. With Huddle, you can text groups of people or individual friends in Google+ Mobile. When you receive a new message in Huddle, Google+ sends a push notification to your phone. Huddle via SMS
Receive and reply to group text messages from Google+ Huddle via SMS. Standard message and data rates from your carrier may apply.


Quickly start a huddle with a group or one-on-one.
Follow these steps to get started:

1. From the Google+ Home screen, touch Huddle.
2. Touch the conversation icon to start a huddle.
3. Start to type the name of a person or circle you'd like to add. Add up to 50 people to each huddle.
4. Write your message.
5. Touch Done. Your message will be sent instantly.

When you start a huddle with someone for the first time, they'll automatically receive an invitation to join your huddle.

Conversation settings

You can modify the settings of each of your conversations individually.

Name a huddle

Like the subject of an email, you can change the name of a huddle to help distinguish between huddles with similar recipients.

1. Touch Menu > Edit name.
2. The name you choose is visible to all participants in the huddle.

Leave huddle

Use this option if you'd like to remove yourself from a group huddle.

1. Touch Menu > Leave.
2. When you leave a huddle, you'll no longer receive messages from that huddle and won't be able to access or view the history of the huddle unless you're invited back.

Huddle invitations

When you start a huddle with someone for the first time, they'll automatically receive an invitation to join your conversation.

Accept an invitation

For Google+ users:

1. Touch the View message link in the notification.
2. Select Let's huddle or No thanks. If you don't want to hear from this person again on Google+, you can block them.

Manage who is able to message you from the Huddle Settings menu.
For non-Google+ users:
When someone adds you to a huddle, you'll receive an SMS invitation that will include a snippet of the huddle you've been added to.

• Reply directly to the SMS invitation to accept the invitation and join the huddle. You'll receive an update whenever someone adds a new message to the huddle.
• Ignore the invitation if you don't want to join the huddle. You won't receive any additional SMS updates for that conversation.
• Reply STOP if you don't want to receive any additional SMS notifications from Google+.

Opt-in to Huddle

When someone adds you to a conversation in Huddle, you'll receive an SMS invitation that will include a snippet of the huddle you've been added to.

• Reply directly to the SMS invitation to accept the invitation and join the huddle. You'll receive an update whenever someone adds a new message to the huddle.
• Ignore the invitation if you don't want to join the huddle. You won't receive any additional SMS updates for that conversation.
• Reply STOP if you don't want to receive any additional SMS notifications from Google+.

Leave a huddle

To leave a huddle, reply LEAVE to an SMS message from the huddle you'd like to leave.

Mute a conversation

Mute a conversation to stop receiving notifications for that conversation.

• To mute, reply MUTE to an SMS message from the huddle you'd like to mute.
• You won't receive any additional notifications for that conversation.
• To unmute a conversation, text UNMUTE.

Standard message and data rates from your carrier may apply.

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