Hey, a bit new to all this, but I've tried going to "hangouts" to chat on my smartphone but doesn't let me go any further. Is this just me?

You have to go into your UMD settings and allow it for mobile had to due the same thing .

Ah, where abouts is that?

Fresno.

Hey there! Navigate to your profile and click edit. About half way down the page you'll see a section called "Site Settings." 2/3 of the way down in that box you'll see a setting called "Show the private chat bar while on mobile device." Change that from hide to show.

If you were curious about the chatroom specifically, there is also a setting below the one I described that will allow you to use the full screen website chat, instead of the mobile chat. Let me know if you have any questions

I'm having the same issue on my laptop. It tells me to log in, even though I am logged in. Same thing on a different browser.