Google Hangouts Has Officially Been Given an Expiration Date

 Google Hangouts, the company's most popular chat program to date, is finally being phased out. A recent blog post from the firm officially provides a closure date for consumer Google Hangouts: November 2022. Today is also the day when current Google Hangouts users will be nagged to migrate to Google Chat, the company's new messaging application.

Say Goodbye to Google Hangouts

Hangouts' downfall has been a long time coming. The service debuted in 2013 as an improvement to Google Talk. Hangouts garnered 5 billion downloads as Android's default messaging service, and at one time, it also handled Android SMS chores, similar to Apple's iMessage. With the advent of Google Allo in 2016, the service fell out of favor with Google's notoriously volatile messaging strategy.

Google said in 2018 that Hangouts will be phased down. Workspace customers ultimately had Hangouts withdrawn in March 2022, after multiple delays, although normal consumers may still choose between Google Chat and Hangouts.

Most Google Hangouts applications will begin android data transfer to Google Chat as of today. While most Google Hangouts successors have been badly missing in similar functionality, Google Chat is a substantial advance to Google Hangouts, therefore there are Google Chat alternatives for any Hangouts clients you may have been using.

On desktop, instead of hangouts.google.com or the Hangouts Chrome extension, there's https://chat.google.com/, which is likewise a progressive web app that can be installed. You'll be directed to the Google Chat applications, which have superior UI than the iOS and Android versions of Hangouts. As is customary, there is a client integrated into Gmail.com, as well as a client built inside the Gmail app, which might result in the uncomfortable position of your Chat messages coming in two applications.

Google claims that all of your Hangouts discussions, dating back to 2005 under Google Talk, should have been transferred to Google Chat by now. This information is also available through Google Takeout.

Google's video applications are also undergoing significant changes, with a combination of Google Meet and Google Duo (with Google Meet surviving) in the works. However, according to the most recent rumours, Google Hangouts will be shut down sooner than planned. When Google Chat is available, it completely replaces Hangouts.

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