Google Hangouts, a text, video, and voice talk application incorporated into Gmail, is at long last being closed down today. As reported recently, Google is exchanging Hangout clients over to Google Chat, the organization’s Slack-like application for businesses.
Beginning today, November 1, the Google Hangouts web application is as of now not accessible. This was the last Hangouts offering accessible to clients. The Android and iOS applications kicked the bucket in July of this current year.
Hangouts had an apparently sluggish passing, with Google permitting clients to move over to Chat in 2021. The organization declared in June 2022 that it would provoke Hangout clients to move to Talk in Gmail or the application.
While the vast majority of the messages and contacts will be naturally moved over, every one of the information will not relocate to find out about Visit. The organization noticed that clients ought to utilize Google Takeout to download and save a duplicate of their information. Clients have until January 2023 to keep their Hangout information.
Hangouts began as a component on Google+ prior to turning into an independent application. The messaging service had 5 billion downloads on the Google Play Store.
While Chat can never completely supplant Hangouts, it provides additional features that will make group conversations as well as security and collaboration tools like Spaces and editing Docs, Slides, or Sheets side-by-side with other users. Chat users can also send GIFS and use @mentions to notify someone in the group.
Google has recently said that Chat is a superior way for clients to interface with others. Back in June, Google Product Manager Ravi Kanneganti wrote in an authority blog, “As we take this final step to bring remaining Hangouts users to Chat, we hope users will appreciate our continued investment in making Chat a powerful place to create and collaborate.”
