Google’s strategy around its messaging apps is nothing if not messy right now (hello Hangouts, Meet, Chat, Duo and Co.), but it looks like things will get a bit easier come next year. We already knew ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Classic Hangouts to Google Chat transition: What users need to know Your email has been sent Hangouts, once Google’s do-everything communication app, has gotten increasingly focused over time as the ...

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 ...

Google has announced that starting today, people who are still using Hangouts on mobile will see an in-app prompt asking them to move to Chat in Gmail or the Chat app. The company says the new prompt ...

Eh, I don't think this is one of Google's "lets shut random things down earlier than they should"; 2013 is a long time ago, and it's okay to have a new product. Click to expand... This is an example ...

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 ...

According to 9to5Google, the free version of Google Chat will arrive in the first half of 2021. As a result, Google is rolling out the Google Chat preview for free Hangouts personal accounts. Chat is ...

Coronavirus has many people staying home and connecting with friends and coworkers through video chat. Here are two options for staying in touch. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's ...

Google is, once again, changing up its messaging app strategy. The company plans to make Chat, its Slack-like app, free for everyone in 2021, when it will push people currently using Hangouts to use ...

In late 2021, classic Hangouts will stop working for enterprise Workspace customers and only Google Chat will be available. Google is now beginning that process of deprecating the Hangouts app and ...

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 ...