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Hangouts is not that bad

by epa 7y ago

franze 7y ago
Yeah, it's working, sometimes for most of the participants. Than turns your computer into a toaster before it clogs it completely.
- lindgrenj6 7y ago
  Agreed. This is my biggest complaint with it, the functionality is amazing but if you're on any sort of laptop the poor thing will melt halfway through a meeting.
- pmlnr 7y ago
  > Than turns your computer into a toaster That kinda applies to any modern client. H.323 and SIP are ok, but webrtc is brutal.
apl002 7y ago
hangouts isn't bad at all. Dumb product decision to only be able to see 4 people at once tho. Probably biggest reason people are on Zoom and not hangouts right now
- lindgrenj6 7y ago
  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-view/bjkegbgpfgpikgkfidhcihhiflbjgfic https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-v... Since finding this I find hangouts meet much more tolerable!
- andreygrehov 7y ago
  There is a Chrome plugin to solve this problem - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-view/bjkegbgpfgpikgkfidhcihhiflbjgfic?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-v...
softwaredoug 7y ago
Sure it mostly works. But when your livelihood depends on online videoconferencing the last 10% of reliability that Zoom provides is extremely important
MisterPea 7y ago
I was on an 8 person hangouts video call this past weekend on my phone and by the end I could've cooked an egg on top of it.
IshKebab 7y ago
It's pretty bad. I tried it alongside Zoom and Zoom was waaay better quality. Plus if you need anything more than very basic features Hangouts isn't an option. Hell it doesn't even have a gallery view. Forget recording, auto-muting participants, etc.
jmckib 7y ago
I'm sure it depends on your internet, but I tried hangouts again recently and it was unusable, video mostly frozen and dropping or muddling most of the audio. Zoom was crystal clear, dropping some video frames every few minutes but audio was always good. I'm not sure what hangouts is doing differently, but it's night and day.

Hangouts is not that bad

by epa 7y ago

Hangouts is not that bad

Yeah, it's working, sometimes for most of the participants. Than turns your computer into a toaster before it clogs it completely.

lindgrenj6 7y ago
Agreed. This is my biggest complaint with it, the functionality is amazing but if you're on any sort of laptop the poor thing will melt halfway through a meeting.
pmlnr 7y ago
> Than turns your computer into a toaster That kinda applies to any modern client. H.323 and SIP are ok, but webrtc is brutal.

apl002 7y ago

hangouts isn't bad at all. Dumb product decision to only be able to see 4 people at once tho. Probably biggest reason people are on Zoom and not hangouts right now

lindgrenj6 7y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-view/bjkegbgpfgpikgkfidhcihhiflbjgfic https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-v... Since finding this I find hangouts meet much more tolerable!
andreygrehov 7y ago
There is a Chrome plugin to solve this problem - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-view/bjkegbgpfgpikgkfidhcihhiflbjgfic?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-meet-grid-v...

softwaredoug 7y ago

Sure it mostly works. But when your livelihood depends on online videoconferencing the last 10% of reliability that Zoom provides is extremely important

MisterPea 7y ago

I was on an 8 person hangouts video call this past weekend on my phone and by the end I could've cooked an egg on top of it.

IshKebab 7y ago

It's pretty bad. I tried it alongside Zoom and Zoom was waaay better quality. Plus if you need anything more than very basic features Hangouts isn't an option. Hell it doesn't even have a gallery view. Forget recording, auto-muting participants, etc.

jmckib 7y ago

I'm sure it depends on your internet, but I tried hangouts again recently and it was unusable, video mostly frozen and dropping or muddling most of the audio. Zoom was crystal clear, dropping some video frames every few minutes but audio was always good. I'm not sure what hangouts is doing differently, but it's night and day.