Google Hangouts

Google Hangouts
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseMay 15, 2013 (2013-05-15)
Final release(s) [±]
Android41.0.411169071 / October 29, 2022 (2022-10-29)[1]
Android (Dialer)0.1.100944346 / September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)[2]
Android (Meet)33.0.268569565 / September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)[3]
Android (Chat)2019.09.19.271424619_prod / October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)[4]
Android Wear17.0.145656208 / February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)[5]
iOS41.0 / December 1, 2021 (2021-12-01)[6]
PlatformAndroid, iOS, Web, Wear OS
PredecessorGoogle Talk
SuccessorGoogle Chat
Google Meet
Available in36 languages[7]
TypeCommunication software
LicenseFreeware
Websitehangouts.google.com (defunct; redirects to chat.google.com)

Google Hangouts was a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) service developed by Google. It originally was a feature of Google+, becoming a standalone product in 2013, when Google also began integrating features from Google+ Messenger and Google Talk into Hangouts. Google then began integrating features of Google Voice, its Internet telephony product, into Hangouts, stating that Hangouts was designed to be "the future" of Voice.

In 2017, Google began developing two separate enterprise communication products: Google Meet and Google Chat,[8] as a part of its Google Workspace office suite. Google began transitioning Workspace users from Hangouts to Meet and Chat in June 2020.[9][10][11] Subsequently, Gmail users transitioned from Hangouts to Meet and Chat during 2021,[12] and Hangouts was discontinued on November 1, 2022.

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  9. ^ "Google is making Meet free for everyone". Techcrunch. April 29, 2020. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020. For consumer Hangouts, which has been on life support for a long time, this move may accelerate its deprecation.
  10. ^ "Google Meet one-ups Zoom with free 60-minute meetings for consumers". Venturebeat. April 29, 2020. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020. Google Hangouts' future in question
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