"Hangouts Widget completes Android's most popular messaging app" - XDA
"Dead simple and free, what more could you ask for? - LifeHacker
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Fast, Simple, Elegant

A homescreen widget to show messages (or SMS) received in Google Hangouts

Fully resizable and shows your messages at a glance.

Because of limitations to the Android system, only new Hangouts will be shown and only works for 4.3+

You must first install Google Hangouts! :)