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Why is Google launching multiple apps with similar functionalities? They already had Hangouts, they recently launched a group sharing app "Spaces". And now a n
by nitin_flanker 10y ago
Why is Google launching multiple apps with similar functionalities?
They already had Hangouts, they recently launched a group sharing app "Spaces". And now a new video calling app "Duo". They also have an app "Allo" which is another chatting platform.
I am not complaining or anything, I am just curious about what are they planning to do with their old apps? i.e. Hangouts?
- jmfayard 10y agoGoogle’s product strategy: Make two of everything For Google, its entire product lineup is just a big series of A/B experiments. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/10/googles-product-strategy-make-two-of-everything/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/10/googles-product-stra...
- simonh 10y agoI'll just wait until other users have figured out which ones are useful and which are a waste of time, let Google kill the ones that fail and iterate on the ones that don't until either everyone else adopts the same strategy as me or Google figures out what the heck they're doing. I'll set an alarm to remind myself to check back in 5 years.
- erichocean 10y agoFor a self-identified "late adopter", you sure comment early on.
- simonh 10y agoI've been early adopting Google products for years, many of which sadly nolonger exist. That's the problem.
- Navarr 10y agoAndroidPolice has an article today[1] that Hangouts has failed as an all-in-one messaging platform. They're going to focus it in on the enterprise - where usage is much more prevalent, apparently - whatever that means. Hangouts is likely to become a Google Apps Slack competitor, I guess. [1]: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/08/16/google-planning-focus-hangouts-business-consumers-allo-duo-release/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/08/16/google-planning-focu...
- technofiend 10y agoI guess it depends on the enterprise... lots of places outright block google services: drive, e-mail, hangouts, etc.
- ohstopitu 10y agoI guess they mean those that already pay for google apps.
- snaky 10y agoOh, finally they want to compete with Slack. Google Talk group chat features were released in 2007.