Google has just announced that its not yet defunct Hangouts Chat service is getting a brand new feature that should have been available a long time ago – the ability to delete a conversation history. The update that adds this new function is already live on Android, but not on other platforms, at least for the time being.

As Google mentions, the latest version of Hangouts Chat allows users to delete conversation history of 1:1 direct messages. Moreover, the Mountain View company confirms that these deletions will apply to 1:1 conversations between classic Hangouts and Hangouts Chat in both ...