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MarTech » Performance Marketing » Google+ Launches Showcase To Show Rich Media To Viewers Of Hangouts On Air

Google+ Launches Showcase To Show Rich Media To Viewers Of Hangouts On Air

Google+ rolled out a new interactive feature for Hangouts on Air today, giving producers the ability to show viewers links to websites, videos, merchandise and other content being discussed during live events. The Showcase app displays links with rich-media cards on the right-hand side of the Hangout’s video player during the broadcast. If viewers click, […]

Martin Beck on July 24, 2014 at 3:15 pm

Google+ rolled out a new interactive feature for Hangouts on Air today, giving producers the ability to show viewers links to websites, videos, merchandise and other content being discussed during live events.

The Showcase app displays links with rich-media cards on the right-hand side of the Hangout’s video player during the broadcast. If viewers click, the content opens in a new tab while the HOA continues playing. Here’s how it looked during an HOA this week to promote Common’s new album (click to view the tape of the event):

Common #NobodysSmiling Release Date Google+ Hangout with XXL 2014-07-24 11-37-22 2014-07-24 11-38-08

The new feature should be especially useful for marketers and businesses interested in using Hangouts for direct sales. Since last October, Google has been testing “Shoppable Hangouts” with retailers such as Diane von Furstenberg, Birchbox and Sunglass Hut.

The Showcase app will allow any retailer or direct marketer to set up a sales-oriented live event (although any payment and sales process still needs to be set up in Google Wallet or third-party site).

Hangout producers can active the app within the HOA dashboard. For more details, see Google+’s how-to guide (PDF).


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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Martin Beck
Martin Beck was Third Door Media's Social Media Reporter from March 2014 through December 2015.

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