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What is it replaced with?

jdoliner 8y ago
Knowing Google it'll be 8 new, competing messaging products called: H, A, N, G, O, U, T and S. Each capturing one aspect of the essence of hangouts and building an entire chat experience around it that will be the future of chat.
bdz 8y ago
Duo most likely
- lsofzz 8y ago
  Google Duo needs to bring long distance calling service if it is to replace Hangouts.
FactolSarin 8y ago
Allo, which is already being abandoned itself, never having gained the traction of Hangouts. Ultimately, it looks like Google is giving up in favor of RCS (the rich SMS protocol).
- londons_explore 8y ago
  RCS will never see widespread use. It's too tied to phone numbers and mobile devices (have fun getting those RCS messages on your tablet or laptop or when you have no 4G). It's also too tied to carriers, who might introduce weird billing "RCS messages to abroad cost $$$$". Its also without any end to end encryption, and seems to have an odd 1 or 2 second delay delivering messages which means truly interactive conversations aren't really possible. Each of those things alone makes it less attractive to one usergroup. Together, I'd guess it'll never see widespread use.
  - smt88 8y ago
    I don't know anyone outside of tech who would care about RCS being tied to phone numbers, being offered through the carrier, or having a delay. Most people I know (US perspective of course) chat mostly on iMessage and SMS. They'd love RCS.
    - londons_explore 8y ago
      All of Europe uses Whatsapp and Messenger, with a few fringe countries and groups using Line, Telegram, SMS, Twitter DM's and instagram. SMS has a delay of 5+ seconds in most of Europe, so isn't really good for rapid fire conversations. Many phones aren't correctly configured for MMS (picture messages) either, and some networks don't yet support emoji.
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resters 8y ago
This has probably been a long term trend as email usage is on the decline and texting is dominant. The handwriting was on the wall when Google redesigned hangouts to make it look more teen friendly a few years ago, but unfortunately they removed some useful functionality and made it far worse on a smaller (laptop sized) screen.
throwaway5250 8y ago
Google++
- mxuribe 8y ago
  No, actually they'll pump out a new platform and name it mobius strip, because...ah, nevermind... :-)
iagooar 8y ago
iMessage? Nah, but most probably by Messenger or WhatsApp, Telegram maybe...
- davidcollantes 8y ago
  iMessage is for iOS users only, and from Apple. Google has Chats too, so... who knows.
skj 8y ago
chat.google.com
sanat 8y ago
Google Hangouts Chat - which was released in Feb 2018. https://gsuite.google.com/products/chat/ https://gsuite.google.com/products/chat/
- Voloskaya 8y ago
  This is not a replacement. This is just Hangouts for business (which is not getting shut down), but if you are not a business user, then you have no replacement.

Knowing Google it'll be 8 new, competing messaging products called: H, A, N, G, O, U, T and S. Each capturing one aspect of the essence of hangouts and building an entire chat experience around it that will be the future of chat.

bdz 8y ago

Duo most likely

lsofzz 8y ago
Google Duo needs to bring long distance calling service if it is to replace Hangouts.

FactolSarin 8y ago

Allo, which is already being abandoned itself, never having gained the traction of Hangouts. Ultimately, it looks like Google is giving up in favor of RCS (the rich SMS protocol).

londons_explore 8y ago
RCS will never see widespread use. It's too tied to phone numbers and mobile devices (have fun getting those RCS messages on your tablet or laptop or when you have no 4G). It's also too tied to carriers, who might introduce weird billing "RCS messages to abroad cost $$$$". Its also without any end to end encryption, and seems to have an odd 1 or 2 second delay delivering messages which means truly interactive conversations aren't really possible. Each of those things alone makes it less attractive to one usergroup. Together, I'd guess it'll never see widespread use.
- smt88 8y ago
  I don't know anyone outside of tech who would care about RCS being tied to phone numbers, being offered through the carrier, or having a delay. Most people I know (US perspective of course) chat mostly on iMessage and SMS. They'd love RCS.
  - londons_explore 8y ago
    All of Europe uses Whatsapp and Messenger, with a few fringe countries and groups using Line, Telegram, SMS, Twitter DM's and instagram. SMS has a delay of 5+ seconds in most of Europe, so isn't really good for rapid fire conversations. Many phones aren't correctly configured for MMS (picture messages) either, and some networks don't yet support emoji.

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resters 8y ago

This has probably been a long term trend as email usage is on the decline and texting is dominant. The handwriting was on the wall when Google redesigned hangouts to make it look more teen friendly a few years ago, but unfortunately they removed some useful functionality and made it far worse on a smaller (laptop sized) screen.

throwaway5250 8y ago

Google++

mxuribe 8y ago
No, actually they'll pump out a new platform and name it mobius strip, because...ah, nevermind... :-)

iagooar 8y ago

iMessage? Nah, but most probably by Messenger or WhatsApp, Telegram maybe...

davidcollantes 8y ago
iMessage is for iOS users only, and from Apple. Google has Chats too, so... who knows.

skj 8y ago

chat.google.com

sanat 8y ago

Google Hangouts Chat - which was released in Feb 2018. https://gsuite.google.com/products/chat/ https://gsuite.google.com/products/chat/

Voloskaya 8y ago
This is not a replacement. This is just Hangouts for business (which is not getting shut down), but if you are not a business user, then you have no replacement.