At the tail end of 2018, we reported on Google’s plans to replace Hangouts with Chat and Meet. The company later confirmed the news and has since been moving enterprise users to those two apps. Google ...

It’s time to talk about Google messaging again. The company’s latest blog lays out future plans for its suite of messaging services, which includes stripping features out of Google Hangouts as we head ...

While Messages and RCS is how Google wants you to message friends, Google Chat also fits that role and the company today reminded people of that personal use case. Google is out today with a “7 new ...

Google is moving two big features from Google Workspace (Google’s paid tier of business Google accounts, formerly called “G Suite”) to free, consumer Google accounts. Google Chat, the company’s latest ...

Google chat is going free for general Hangouts users in the future, which means users will eventually need to say goodbye to Hangouts as their form of communication. This week, Google announced ...

While Google has a collection of messaging options such as Google Duo and and of course Google Messages, one you’re probably less familiar with is Google Chat. In this guide, we’ll cover the ...

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Google Chat, formerly known as “Google Hangouts”, is a chat-based messaging app that gives businesses and regular users a space to collaborate and catch up for free. The app is wildly popular, ...

At one time, if your organization used Google Workspace and you asked me to recommend a team chat tool, I would have suggested Slack. For many uses, Slack was a solid selection as a multiplatform ...