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I remember using something called Google Hangouts for video calls at my last job. What happened to that? I remember it being confusing because there was a seemi
by spatulon 4y ago
I remember using something called Google Hangouts for video calls at my last job. What happened to that? I remember it being confusing because there was a seemingly unrelated Google Hangouts app for instant messaging.
- rrrhys 4y agoMy last interaction with it they started showing dialogs telling me I was using the wrong chat tool now. So I clicked through, and the core functionality of "chat via IM and then spill out to video chat" was nowhere to be found* *I'm sure it was there somewehere, but I was trying to join a damn meeting not learn a new UI
- advisedwang 4y agoGoogle Hangouts got split apart[1] . For consumers, they created duo for video and Android Message (with RCS) for text (after briefly launching and deleting allo). For business, they created Hangouts Meet for video and Hangouts Chat for text, which rapidly got renamed to Meet and Chat. In 2020/2021 Google Chat was been opened up to consumers [2]. Now Meet and Duo are converging, the last nail in the coffin for the separate consumer/business app idea. [1] https://blog.google/products/messages/latest-messages-allo-duo-and-hangouts/ https://blog.google/products/messages/latest-messages-allo-d... [2] https://blog.google/products/workspace/latest-google-hangouts-and-upgrade-google-chat/ https://blog.google/products/workspace/latest-google-hangout...