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none. as gsuite becomes more widespread, people will switch to it. I'd be more worried about msft building something similar compared to zoom. disclaimer: Used

none. as gsuite becomes more widespread, people will switch to it. I'd be more worried about msft building something similar compared to zoom. disclaimer: Used zoom couple times, use hangouts every day. google employee, opinions are my own.

makmanalp 8y ago
I've got to say that I've always wanted to love hangouts but it always makes my laptop (reasonably powerful macbook pro) immediately max out CPU and make fan noise like a spaceship taking off, and for comparatively worse AV quality than the competitors. The only thing that kept me using it was that I didn't have to install crap. Just used meet for the first time yesterday, reserving judgement there, but honestly I didn't need yet another rebrand from google. Zoom is the exact opposite: You have to get the client but it client works with minimal resources, on many platforms (phone / laptop is seamless for me) scales perfectly with large meetings / screenshare and video at the same time, laggy mobile connections etc etc. Most importantly it ALWAYS works. I never have to futz with it ever (whether in terms of connections, or "your link doesn't work", "you have to invite me", "user is from a different organization than you" etc). Just get the meeting ID and connect. This is how technology should work in 2018.
- apendleton 8y ago
  Meet isn't exactly a rebrand, it's an enterprise-oriented product variant. It includes a bunch of extra features that the consumer one doesn't have, and isn't free.
e40 8y ago
I use zoom regularly (and have for more than a year). Paid customer. I've the equivalent from google... horrible experience both times I've used it. UI is a mess. Quality of call was terrible. As a g suite customer, I will stay far away from the google offerings.
metal13 8y ago
Zoom works more reliably than hangouts does. I use hangouts every day for some business calls, but I pay for Zoom. If you're looking for something that will work so you can close a sale, Zoom wins. Potential customers struggling to hear you on a hangout isn't a winner. Scheduling, calendars, easy phone dial ins, and way better mobile performance make it clutch. I'm a GSuite customer, but it's still better to pay Zoom. Zoom is also focused on one thing. Hangouts/chats/meet/whatever Google wants call it /do with it is an afterthought. If Google wanted to make a real run at the market, they should buy Zoom immediately.
ceejayoz 8y ago
Hangouts has been a miserable experience for me. My CPU fans spin up instantly when I start using it, and as a multi-account user I'm often greeted with "There's no one in the meeting" messages (not "you don't have permission for this meeting", just a false "no one here") because I forgot to put ?authuser=1 in the URL to switch to my work account.
praneshp 8y ago
disclaimer: Used hangouts and zoom extensively, for several years now. Unless Google rewrites or majorly reworks hangouts, it's not going to touch zoom. You do need to be worried about msft building something though, almost anything is better than hangouts right now.
StreamBright 8y ago
Totally, there are only 10-20 features missing to make me do that, and then the surveillance part and maybe support. The 10:1 energy consumption advantage is also there but maybe not as relevant.
ericd 8y ago
I use both very frequently, frankly Hangouts is crap compared to Zoom. The only thing it wins on is that it doesn't require a client download.
- ceejayoz 8y ago
  > The only thing it wins on is that it doesn't require a client download. Well, sorta. On Firefox, Hangouts refuses to function. On Safari, it requires a plugin. meet.google.com seems to work fine in Firefox, oddly enough.
  - ericd 8y ago
    True, my statement needs a big asterisk :-)

makmanalp 8y ago

I've got to say that I've always wanted to love hangouts but it always makes my laptop (reasonably powerful macbook pro) immediately max out CPU and make fan noise like a spaceship taking off, and for comparatively worse AV quality than the competitors. The only thing that kept me using it was that I didn't have to install crap. Just used meet for the first time yesterday, reserving judgement there, but honestly I didn't need yet another rebrand from google. Zoom is the exact opposite: You have to get the client but it client works with minimal resources, on many platforms (phone / laptop is seamless for me) scales perfectly with large meetings / screenshare and video at the same time, laggy mobile connections etc etc. Most importantly it ALWAYS works. I never have to futz with it ever (whether in terms of connections, or "your link doesn't work", "you have to invite me", "user is from a different organization than you" etc). Just get the meeting ID and connect. This is how technology should work in 2018.

apendleton 8y ago
Meet isn't exactly a rebrand, it's an enterprise-oriented product variant. It includes a bunch of extra features that the consumer one doesn't have, and isn't free.

e40 8y ago

I use zoom regularly (and have for more than a year). Paid customer. I've the equivalent from google... horrible experience both times I've used it. UI is a mess. Quality of call was terrible. As a g suite customer, I will stay far away from the google offerings.

metal13 8y ago

Zoom works more reliably than hangouts does. I use hangouts every day for some business calls, but I pay for Zoom. If you're looking for something that will work so you can close a sale, Zoom wins. Potential customers struggling to hear you on a hangout isn't a winner. Scheduling, calendars, easy phone dial ins, and way better mobile performance make it clutch. I'm a GSuite customer, but it's still better to pay Zoom. Zoom is also focused on one thing. Hangouts/chats/meet/whatever Google wants call it /do with it is an afterthought. If Google wanted to make a real run at the market, they should buy Zoom immediately.

ceejayoz 8y ago

Hangouts has been a miserable experience for me. My CPU fans spin up instantly when I start using it, and as a multi-account user I'm often greeted with "There's no one in the meeting" messages (not "you don't have permission for this meeting", just a false "no one here") because I forgot to put ?authuser=1 in the URL to switch to my work account.

praneshp 8y ago

disclaimer: Used hangouts and zoom extensively, for several years now. Unless Google rewrites or majorly reworks hangouts, it's not going to touch zoom. You do need to be worried about msft building something though, almost anything is better than hangouts right now.

StreamBright 8y ago

Totally, there are only 10-20 features missing to make me do that, and then the surveillance part and maybe support. The 10:1 energy consumption advantage is also there but maybe not as relevant.

ericd 8y ago

I use both very frequently, frankly Hangouts is crap compared to Zoom. The only thing it wins on is that it doesn't require a client download.

ceejayoz 8y ago
> The only thing it wins on is that it doesn't require a client download. Well, sorta. On Firefox, Hangouts refuses to function. On Safari, it requires a plugin. meet.google.com seems to work fine in Firefox, oddly enough.
- ericd 8y ago
  True, my statement needs a big asterisk :-)