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I love that in Google Hangouts chat, default chat app on Android phone, there is no search capability. I keep using it because I'm assuming they will add it ev

I love that in Google Hangouts chat, default chat app on Android phone, there is no search capability. I keep using it because I'm assuming they will add it eventually. I still find the Gmail+chat+hangout combo to be extremely robust and easy -- I just don't know why it isn't supported.

dmos62 7y ago
You didn't miss that it's about to get killed right? I've been an avid user of Google Hangouts. I wonder what will I use instead.
- dr_dshiv 7y ago
  Wait, the chats are getting killed? Or the video? Or is it getting renamed? Super confused.
  - dmos62 7y ago
    I found out about it on https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/ just now. However, after double-checking, apparently it's some G Suite Hangouts variant that's getting killed: https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/08/updates-to-hangouts-chat-migration.html https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/08/updates-to-hang...
qiqitori 7y ago
You can export your Hangouts chat history on takeout.google.com. The resulting Hangsouts.json file is human-readable but not fun to read. I have a one-liner to convert it into something nicer, but it doesn't resolve user names and you need to figure out the conversation ID you want to export yourself. jq -c '.conversations[] | select(.conversation.conversation_id.id == "YOUNEEDTOFILLTHISINYOURSELF") | .events[] | [(.timestamp | tonumber / 1000000 + (9*3600)| strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S (%a)")), .sender_id.gaia_id, [.chat_message.message_content.segment[]?.text], .chat_message.message_content.attachment[]?.embed_item?.plus_photo?.url?]' Hangouts.json | sort > foo.log When you open Hangouts.json, you'll see that every conversation has something like this at the beginning: "conversation_id": { "id": "BASE64-LIKE_STRING" } This BASE64-LIKE_STRING belongs into the YOUNEEDTOFILLTHISINYOURSELF placeholder.
AjithAntony 7y ago
Hangouts conversations are archived in your gmail, you could search there.
summerlight 7y ago
The new version of Chat has a search functionality so you'll likely get it when the transition's done.

dmos62 7y ago

You didn't miss that it's about to get killed right? I've been an avid user of Google Hangouts. I wonder what will I use instead.

dr_dshiv 7y ago
Wait, the chats are getting killed? Or the video? Or is it getting renamed? Super confused.
- dmos62 7y ago
  I found out about it on https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/ just now. However, after double-checking, apparently it's some G Suite Hangouts variant that's getting killed: https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/08/updates-to-hangouts-chat-migration.html https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/08/updates-to-hang...

qiqitori 7y ago

You can export your Hangouts chat history on takeout.google.com. The resulting Hangsouts.json file is human-readable but not fun to read. I have a one-liner to convert it into something nicer, but it doesn't resolve user names and you need to figure out the conversation ID you want to export yourself. jq -c '.conversations[] | select(.conversation.conversation_id.id == "YOUNEEDTOFILLTHISINYOURSELF") | .events[] | [(.timestamp | tonumber / 1000000 + (9*3600)| strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S (%a)")), .sender_id.gaia_id, [.chat_message.message_content.segment[]?.text], .chat_message.message_content.attachment[]?.embed_item?.plus_photo?.url?]' Hangouts.json | sort > foo.log When you open Hangouts.json, you'll see that every conversation has something like this at the beginning: "conversation_id": { "id": "BASE64-LIKE_STRING" } This BASE64-LIKE_STRING belongs into the YOUNEEDTOFILLTHISINYOURSELF placeholder.

AjithAntony 7y ago

Hangouts conversations are archived in your gmail, you could search there.

summerlight 7y ago

The new version of Chat has a search functionality so you'll likely get it when the transition's done.