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Google Hangouts on air is being kicked off of Google Plus Google announced it is removing hangouts on air from its social network Google Plus hangouts on air is a way for people to livestream video along with guests on Google Plus as well as YouTube as of September 12th hangouts on air functionality will be swallowed up by YouTube live setting up a live broadcast on Google Plus is relatively simple head on over to plus.google.com slash hangouts slash on air then hit the create a hangout on air button write in some info and then you hit start Google's documented a six step process to create a YouTube live broadcast however the new version is missing a few features the YouTube live version of hangouts on air does not support QA a feature that allowed a broadcaster to receive questions to answer instead Google suggests using social networks to field questions additionally the YouTube live version does not support the showcase feature showcase lettle hosts share links and other information without interrupting a broadcast it makes sense for Google to move it to video projects to YouTube after all YouTube's whole thing is video Google seems to be shying away from Google+ a few days ago Google confirmed a Google+ profile is no longer necessary to leave reviews on the Google Play Store for Android these aren't good signs for Google's social network but the company probably isn't giving up on it just yet that's it for this tech news update I'm Aya's actor and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash