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Get ready to Bid Adieu to Google Hangouts
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Updated on Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Google has finally announced the official end for Google Hangouts, leaving users with few months to prepare for the big change. Hangouts will shut down for all users by November 2022 in order to modernize its Google Workspace suite, making it as effective for users as possible. With many desktop and web users already in the process of migration, Google is now looking forward to target the remaining mobile users, who will start to see prompts about needing to switch to Google Chat within the next few weeks..
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Upgrade Google Hangouts to Chat
It was first revealed in October 2020 that there will be a switch from Google Hangouts to Chat, when the company made the latter service free to all users. Some customers have already moved, with enterprise and business users on "Classic Hangouts" being upgraded to Google Chat in March 2022.
While announcing the news, Google stated in a blog post that people using Hangouts on mobile will see an in-app screen asking them to move to Chat in Gmail or the Chat app. Moreover, people using the Hangouts Chrome extension will also
be asked to switch to Chat on the web or install the Chat web app. Users persisting with using Hangouts in Gmail on the web will be upgraded to Chat in July.
Google notes that users will receive plenty of warning about a switch, seeing an in-product notice at least a month before Hangouts on the web starts redirecting to Chat on the web, and Hangouts on the web will also remain available to use until later this year.
The conversations are automatically migrated from Hangouts to Chat, but the company is advising users to download the Hangout data if they wish to keep a copy of it. They can do so by using its Google Takeout service before Hangouts turn off in November 2022.
"Google Chat offers a modern and integrated experience in Google Workspace. We have big ambitions for the future of Chat, and over the coming months you'll see even more features like direct calling, in- line threading in Spaces and the ability to share and view multiple images," wrote Ravi Kanneganti, Product Manager, Google Chat.
"As we take this final step to bring remaining Hangouts users to Chat, we hope users will appreciate our
continued investment in making Chat a powerful place to create and collaborate."
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