The default Pidgin plugin for Hangouts, called XMMP, has some flaws. It doesn't receive offline messages, nor can send/receive images. However, this other Hangouts protocol for Pidgin fixes these problems
http://www.mediafire.com/file/w4doagcdp ... x86_64.xzm
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Depends on:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9s5222y2p ... x86_64.xzm
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