Last June, Google set a date for the death of Hangouts. Hangouts will close on November 1, when that messaging service will no longer be available, but before that the company has gone through a transition period.
Google is slowly shutting down Hangouts. A few weeks ago it was replaced by Google Chat in the new Gmail and now we see that the Hangouts mobile app has also been replaced by Google Chat.
Google Chat has already replaced Hangouts on Android
Google Hangouts has already stopped working on Android. If the application is still installed and you can log in with your account, you will see that a new screen prevents you from using Hangouts from your mobile. Now the app informs you that Google Chat has replaced Hangouts and now to be able to access your conversations you need to use Chat in Gmail or download the app Google Chat.
The web version of Hangouts is now the only way to be able to use this messaging service, but you won’t be able to do it until November, because from the first day of this month Google will also shut down the web version of Hangouts.
With this closure, Google now finds itself with two messaging apps. On the one hand, he has Google Mail like its SMS and RCS application and on the other hand it has Google Chat as your most production-oriented messaging service with your workspaces.
The closure of Hangouts for Android joins the closure of Google Duo, which in recent weeks has become the new Google Meet, although Google has messed it up a bit in the transition.
