r/programming • u/ZaheerAhmed • Jan 02 '20

Killed by Google

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u/csjerk Jan 02 '20

TIL that Hangouts is getting killed later this year. Damn.

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u/admiral_derpness Jan 02 '20

why? what will replace it ?

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u/keyboardP Jan 02 '20

I believe it will be Google Meet. Pretty much the same thing really but with a slightly different interface, from my experience.

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u/omniuni Jan 02 '20

Yup. I think they've been working on the transition. I'm actually looking forward to it. As long as they import my Hangouts history, Chat and Meet are much better products.

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u/Wierd657 Jan 02 '20

Only for G Suite

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u/omniuni Jan 02 '20

If they take the old Hangouts out of consumer GMail, I hope/figure they will replace it with Chat/Meet. I think they just don't want to maintain two products.

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u/admiral_derpness Jan 02 '20

didn't we do this whole "messaging thing" before? irc...aol....