First Photos, then YouTube and now, Hangouts.

In a Google+ post Monday, Google announced it was fully decoupling Hangouts from Google+, giving the service its own dedicated homepage. This is the latest move to downsize and restructure the beleaguered social network.

Users no longer have to log in to Gmail and Google+ to access Hangouts messaging, phone and video calls, a feature that should be welcomed by many. Google drew the ire of its users by requiring a Google+ account to use many of its popular products, most notably YouTube.

According to the Google+ announcement post, the new Hangouts will also feature "an inspiring image to get you through the day," with images pulled from Google+. This will surely be loved by the miserable office workers who live their lives in Hangouts. Probably.

A Google spokesperson said the new page is "meant to be a nice, simple place where people can go to make a call," in an email sent to Mashable.

Google+ is in the midst of a transition from being a (poor) Facebook clone to a Pinterest clone called Collections which lets users group posts in a similar topic together. It's part of the company's initiative to separate Google+ into two main products, Photos and Streams.

Google+ Photos, one of the few well-liked elements of the service, was turned into a standalone service this past May to much fanfare. Last month, Google scrubbed many of its Google+ login requirements, now letting users comment on YouTube videos without a + account, for example.

The rest of Google is changing as well. Google created a parent company, Alphabet, to distance money-making Google products, like search and Android, from its more experimental ventures, like X and Calico.

With the conscious uncoupling of Hangouts, Google pushes Google+ further into obscurity. It's not dead yet, but it's certainly not thriving.