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That thing you are describing used to be Hangouts, but is now Meet.

by gomox 8y ago

SwellJoe 8y ago
Nobody told me. Or Google, apparently. https://photos.app.goo.gl/E9qk9KJC73VoEj5y6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/E9qk9KJC73VoEj5y6
- gomox 8y ago
  When you go to the actual conference in the calendar event, do you still see a Hangouts URL and UI? Maybe we are on different sides of an A/B test.
  - SwellJoe 8y ago
    Literally everything I see has Hangouts branding. And, not just for me or my events...I was invited to a meeting with someone from another company yesterday, and everything about it was branded with "Hangouts" and not "Meet", too. Also, the Google Meet website is laughably useless. It has literally no content, not even a description of what it is.
    - dragonwriter 8y ago
      > Also, the Google Meet website is laughably useless. It has literally no content, not even a description of what it is. “Video meetings for your business. Connect with your team from anywhere. With easy-to-join video calls, you can meet face to face without the added cost of travel.” https://gsuite.google.com/products/meet/ https://gsuite.google.com/products/meet/ EDIT: I just realized there is a separate “Google Meet” page which has no SERP summary and just redirects to the Play Store page for the Hangouts Meet app (at least, on Android.)
      - SwellJoe 8y ago
        This is what I see at the first link when I search for "Google Meet" (url is: https://meet.google.com https://meet.google.com, which seems like it's a reasonable point of entry URL for the product): https://photos.app.goo.gl/C6HcFKEhMuFhy2EZ7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/C6HcFKEhMuFhy2EZ7 It's not a good web page. Clicking the "Learn more" link takes me to a help page telling how to join a meeting...but, not much about what Meet is. It can be inferred, but it's also not a good introduction to Meet. I have now figured out what Meet is, but not why I would prefer it over Hangouts. It appears to be the same thing, only "for business" (and with a price tag, but no promise that Google will stop surveilling my every action online...which is really the one feature I'd absolutely be willing to pay for). I'll just reiterate that Google is bad at branding and marketing.
    - gomox 8y ago
      Here's how a random invite looks like for me: https://imgur.com/a/I9NlO4X https://imgur.com/a/I9NlO4X
wyldfire 8y ago
Branding / re-branding is clearly not one of Google's strengths. Why change the name? Just change the feature set.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  They didn't change the name so much as add disambiguation when they split the product. The broke Hangouts (for business, though this is now apparently coming for consumers too) into two apps, Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet.
  - SwellJoe 8y ago
    Well, yes, that, but also announced that Hangouts would be shut down, which is exceedingly confusing messaging.
dragonwriter 8y ago
It's actually Hangouts Meet, so you are both right. Or both wrong, whatever.

That thing you are describing used to be Hangouts, but is now Meet.

by gomox 8y ago

That thing you are describing used to be Hangouts, but is now Meet.

Nobody told me. Or Google, apparently. https://photos.app.goo.gl/E9qk9KJC73VoEj5y6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/E9qk9KJC73VoEj5y6

gomox 8y ago
When you go to the actual conference in the calendar event, do you still see a Hangouts URL and UI? Maybe we are on different sides of an A/B test.
- SwellJoe 8y ago
  Literally everything I see has Hangouts branding. And, not just for me or my events...I was invited to a meeting with someone from another company yesterday, and everything about it was branded with "Hangouts" and not "Meet", too. Also, the Google Meet website is laughably useless. It has literally no content, not even a description of what it is.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > Also, the Google Meet website is laughably useless. It has literally no content, not even a description of what it is. “Video meetings for your business. Connect with your team from anywhere. With easy-to-join video calls, you can meet face to face without the added cost of travel.” https://gsuite.google.com/products/meet/ https://gsuite.google.com/products/meet/ EDIT: I just realized there is a separate “Google Meet” page which has no SERP summary and just redirects to the Play Store page for the Hangouts Meet app (at least, on Android.)
    - SwellJoe 8y ago
      This is what I see at the first link when I search for "Google Meet" (url is: https://meet.google.com https://meet.google.com, which seems like it's a reasonable point of entry URL for the product): https://photos.app.goo.gl/C6HcFKEhMuFhy2EZ7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/C6HcFKEhMuFhy2EZ7 It's not a good web page. Clicking the "Learn more" link takes me to a help page telling how to join a meeting...but, not much about what Meet is. It can be inferred, but it's also not a good introduction to Meet. I have now figured out what Meet is, but not why I would prefer it over Hangouts. It appears to be the same thing, only "for business" (and with a price tag, but no promise that Google will stop surveilling my every action online...which is really the one feature I'd absolutely be willing to pay for). I'll just reiterate that Google is bad at branding and marketing.
  - gomox 8y ago
    Here's how a random invite looks like for me: https://imgur.com/a/I9NlO4X https://imgur.com/a/I9NlO4X

wyldfire 8y ago

Branding / re-branding is clearly not one of Google's strengths. Why change the name? Just change the feature set.

dragonwriter 8y ago
They didn't change the name so much as add disambiguation when they split the product. The broke Hangouts (for business, though this is now apparently coming for consumers too) into two apps, Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet.
- SwellJoe 8y ago
  Well, yes, that, but also announced that Hangouts would be shut down, which is exceedingly confusing messaging.

dragonwriter 8y ago

It's actually Hangouts Meet, so you are both right. Or both wrong, whatever.