The email client Hangouts the days are already numbered and the company announced that shortly it will be replaced by Google Chat, and as they were already advancing at the end of last year.
Launched in 2013 when Google Talk and Google+ Messenger were unified, eight years later, we must also goodbye meeting places
Google Chat replaces Hangouts
Google Hangouts There is no closing date yet, but the company does not started informing its users thanks to its application that soon Google Chat will replace Hangouts, now putting your current transition.
For a few months, users can already use Google chat, where they will see that all their conversations from last year they are already in the new email client. In the Hangouts advisory, Google reports that old conversations will be available later.
Hangouts displays a connection for switch to chat in Gmail, that will log off with Hangouts and it will open the application of Gmail, by activating the tab To discuss. Google Chat can be used through its standalone app or from Gmail.
Google Chat is practically the improved version of Hangouts, which previously under the name Hangouts Chat was only available for G Suite (now Workspace) accounts, and which adds integration with Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Meet.
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