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p0Z3IRdHkv - Ron AmaHangouts Chat Hangouts Meet Google Voice Google Duo Android Messages Hangouts Dialer - Call Phones The provides for easier tracking and better communicates the ~yearly lifecycle of these apps. I propose we rename Google messaging services with the year of release, just like a copy of Madden or FIFA. The amount of Google's communication alternatives - not including services like Gmail, Inbox or communication suites - inspired a humorous proposal from the same Amadeo on Twitter, suggesting to name the various services as numbered editions of sports game series: Let's try to briefly summarize each of them: Current status Appīefore, the company also had services like Allo for instant messaging, Buzz for messaging and social networking, and many others. The strategy to discontinue Hangouts seems to indicate that Google is aware of the problem, but the constant changes - and product cancellations - don't inspire much confidence.Īt the time of writing, Google offered (at least) seven different communication apps, some of them competing with each other. Should Google finally stick to its plans to shut down Hangouts, it would come as no surprise if the move drives away the service's few remaining users, who have already gone through the migration from Google Talk to the current app.Ĭurrently, the company offers a confusing array of different services for communication, which has been exacerbated by repeated names and different apps for the same function, separated between corporate and home audiences. Video calls are redirected from Google Chat to Meet / © NextPit The integration still does not include group chats and the video calling system is now done by Google Meet - with an invitation link sent to both Chat contacts and old profiles still on the other app - instead of the integrated Hangouts service.
The only missing feature now is group chat. It looks like all my individual contacts work and are accessible via the search bar. My Google Chat is now showing this Hangouts "Preview" message. This also includes the history of conversations and the option to search by profiles, as shown by journalist Ron Amadeo on Twitter: Comuni-ceptionĪs previously announced, Google has begun repositioning Google Chat as a personal service as well, incorporating contacts from the Hangouts list.
Despite several initiatives by the company to popularize the app, which was even positioned for a few years as the default app for SMS on Android, the service was left behind by rivals like WhatsApp, Telegram and others. Hangouts ChatĮven back then, Google hinted at plans to discontinue Hangouts, which itself is heir to the legacy of the old GTalk or Google Talk. Google Chat was launched in 2017 under the name Hangouts Chat - along with the then Hangouts Meet, later renamed to Google Meet - with the aim of being a communication tool in companies, positioned against services like Slack or Microsoft Teams.
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