The messaging client Hangouts The days are already numbered, and the company has announced that shortly it will be replaced by Google Chat, and as they already advanced at the end of last year.
Launched in 2013 as the unification of Google Talk and Google+ Messenger, now eight years later we also have to goodbye hangouts in favor of his successor Google Chat that is integrated into the Gmail application.
Google Chat is replacing Hangouts
Google Hangouts There is no closing date yet, but the company does has started to notify its users through its application that soon Google Chat will replace Hangouts, now putting your transition underway.
For a few months, users can already use Google Chat, where they will see that all their last year’s conversations they are already in the new messaging client. In the Hangouts notice, Google reports that older conversations will be available later.
Hangouts shows a login for switch to Chat in Gmail, what will close the session with Hangouts and it will open the application of Gmail, activating the tab Chat. Google Chat can be used through its standalone application or from Gmail.
Google Chat is practically the improved version of Hangouts, which previously under the name Hangouts Chat was only available for G Suite accounts (now Workspace), and which adds integration with Google Drive, Google Calendar and Google Meet.
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