For some random reason, perhaps in another bid to gain user engagement, Gchat in Gmail is being suddenly replaced with Google Hangouts. It says that if I like it looking the way it is now, I'm encouraged to choose the dense roster setting.Where is this setting? It doesn't seem to be anywhere in Gmail settings.
How do I activate dense roster on Google Hangouts?
gmail;google hangouts
You don't have to visit https://hangouts.google.com.Use dense roster is easily found within Gmail (left panel) by just clicking the little down arrow by your Icon/username in the chat/hangout area. You don't even need to navigate Settings.