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> classic hangouts This is weird to hear, to me hangouts was always the new thing that ousted gchat. > google chat [...] would be available in consumer space

> classic hangouts This is weird to hear, to me hangouts was always the new thing that ousted gchat. > google chat [...] would be available in consumer space I can't imagine they're bringing back the old old thing, are they?

ilikehurdles 7y ago
Apparently GChat was only a colloquial term for the product formerly known as Google Talk? I thought it was a separate thing from the Talk VoIP service.
- joecool1029 7y ago
  Nah, it was official: http://web.archive.org/web/20171019144317/https://support.google.com/chat/?visit_id=0-636440209968187729-1799606958&rd=1 http://web.archive.org/web/20171019144317/https://support.go... The Wikipedia disambiguation page really clears up the mess that is Google's branding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chat
  - ilikehurdles 7y ago
    Good to know I'm not going crazy. Maybe being gaslighted by wikipedia editors but that's not out of the ordinary. The Wikipedia entry for Google Talk[1], says: > Google Talk, also known as Google Chat,[1] was an instant messaging service that provided both text and voice communication.[2] The instant messaging service was variously referred to colloquially as Gchat, Gtalk, or Gmessage among its users.[3] What a mess. [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk
    - casefields 7y ago
      I wish they would put a "Messaging Czar" in charge with completely authority, to fix that mess. They know their target is iMessage and WhatsApp, yet don't seem to coalesce around any product in particular. Are they too scared of regulators to make an iMessage-like service in Android? RCS will barely nibble at the ground they need to cover in order to compete for real.
  - fossuser 7y ago
    Even the disambiguation page is missing Google Buzz which existed for a brief time somewhere in there.
    - nl 7y ago
      Google Buzz was a social network, not a video service.
kyrra 7y ago
Google chat = Google Hangouts Chat. They rebranded it 10 days ago. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/9/21215588/google-chat-hangouts-meet-g-suite-name-change-rebranding https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/9/21215588/google-chat-hango... It is effectively a slack or teams competitor. Classic Hangouts is/was a lot of things. Sadly it was too many things. The new Chat has very similar Gmail integration, so if they ever get it out to consumer, it hopefully won't be a big change for people.
- dbbk 7y ago
  Hangouts has come a long way... it started out as a 'drop-in group video' feature for Google+. The idea being you could "hangout" with your friends by just starting a room and then anyone who saw it could join you. Basically Houseparty.

ilikehurdles 7y ago

Apparently GChat was only a colloquial term for the product formerly known as Google Talk? I thought it was a separate thing from the Talk VoIP service.

joecool1029 7y ago
Nah, it was official: http://web.archive.org/web/20171019144317/https://support.google.com/chat/?visit_id=0-636440209968187729-1799606958&rd=1 http://web.archive.org/web/20171019144317/https://support.go... The Wikipedia disambiguation page really clears up the mess that is Google's branding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chat
- ilikehurdles 7y ago
  Good to know I'm not going crazy. Maybe being gaslighted by wikipedia editors but that's not out of the ordinary. The Wikipedia entry for Google Talk[1], says: > Google Talk, also known as Google Chat,[1] was an instant messaging service that provided both text and voice communication.[2] The instant messaging service was variously referred to colloquially as Gchat, Gtalk, or Gmessage among its users.[3] What a mess. [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk
  - casefields 7y ago
    I wish they would put a "Messaging Czar" in charge with completely authority, to fix that mess. They know their target is iMessage and WhatsApp, yet don't seem to coalesce around any product in particular. Are they too scared of regulators to make an iMessage-like service in Android? RCS will barely nibble at the ground they need to cover in order to compete for real.
- fossuser 7y ago
  Even the disambiguation page is missing Google Buzz which existed for a brief time somewhere in there.
  - nl 7y ago
    Google Buzz was a social network, not a video service.

kyrra 7y ago

Google chat = Google Hangouts Chat. They rebranded it 10 days ago. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/9/21215588/google-chat-hangouts-meet-g-suite-name-change-rebranding https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/9/21215588/google-chat-hango... It is effectively a slack or teams competitor. Classic Hangouts is/was a lot of things. Sadly it was too many things. The new Chat has very similar Gmail integration, so if they ever get it out to consumer, it hopefully won't be a big change for people.

dbbk 7y ago
Hangouts has come a long way... it started out as a 'drop-in group video' feature for Google+. The idea being you could "hangout" with your friends by just starting a room and then anyone who saw it could join you. Basically Houseparty.