GoogleHangoutsloyalists , I repent to inform you that the news about your darling communicating tool is not enceinte .
Google announced in ablog postTuesday that begin in October it will start phase out Classic Hangouts for its G Suite user in order of magnitude to transition them to Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet . Thankfully , the company state that this change will not immediately affect the rest of us , but it did say that a consumer shift over to a devoid Chat and Meet service is imminent .
We knew this was inevitable.9to5Googlefirst report back in November that Hangouts was staring down its eventual dying sometime in 2020 . ( Scott Johnston , a head of product at Google , latershot down the report , claiming that there had n’t been any decisions made about when Hangouts would be phase out . ) A company spokesperson told Gizmodo at the time that it was “ in full committed to back classic Hangouts users until everyone is successfully migrated to Chat and satisfy . ”
Classic Hangouts is the latest in a string of Google message Robert William Service to bite the dust . Google recentlygave the axe to Allo , and before that , there was Hangouts predecessorGchat , as well asGoogle Buzz , Google Wave , andGoogle Spaces . Johnston pointed to a thread by Google engineer Justin Uberti back in December that pause down in pretty uncomplicated terms how Google envisions its messaging go forward with Hangouts Chat and Meet , Messages , and Duo :
1/ When talking about Google ’s messaging strategy , discussions often get confusing because of the remainder between what a production is * for * vs. who has * access to * a product.@jubertidoes a good job simply outlining who our apps are * for * here : https://t.co / e1slm83aKe
— Scott Johnston ( @happyinwater)December 8 , 2018
Early reports of how Hangouts Chat may be received by its classical - loyal consumer base indicate itmay be a bit jolty . AsArs Technicanotes , “ Google ’s ‘ transition architectural plan ’ is worry — Hangouts Chat is n’t even a good Slack clone yet . ” But there ’s still a secure amount of metre between now and when the fellowship will be transmigrate its consumers to the New product , so there ’s hope yet .
Much as we all hate alteration , this will probably be okay . Right ?
[ The Verge , Google Blog ]
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