Prolonged suffering Hangouts Will end the rest of the year. After years of waiting, Google has set a “death” date for Hangouts, However Application for that Android It was discontinued in March last year and will now start forcing users Migrate from Hangouts google-chat.

As the company announced in 2020, Google Chat will be the successor to Google Hangouts, As recently announced Google Duo Turn into a new one google-meet. Then By the end of 2022, the company will go from three Messaging apps Up to two And from two Video calling apps In the video call app.

Hangouts will no longer be available in November

In August of last year, the transition from Hangouts to Chat began, where the company started informing users through the Hangouts app that Google Chat will soon replace Hangouts. Show shortcut to go to Chat; But after almost a year, Google Chat has not yet changed Hangouts.

Google has already announced that Hangouts are numbered, so from today, The app displays a new screen asking the user to switch to chat gmail Or in the chat app.

Users can now close the new screen to continue using Hangouts, but there will come a time when they will not be able to close the screen and if they want to continue chatting, They will have to switch to Google Chat.

All chats Moved to Google Chat, So users do not have to do anything. You will be able to see the same contacts and messages that you had in Hangouts.

Also, there is no need to install any app since Google Chat is integrated with Gmail for Android, For which it is possible to install a special application. From July, everyone who uses Hangouts in the web version of Gmail will switch to Chat.

Hangouts Will no longer be available in November 2022; The messaging app will go directly to Google Cemetery. On this date the app will be forcibly redirected to Google Chat and the web version of Hangout will also redirect your users to the web version of Google Chat.

How to activate and use Google Chat

To enable Google Chat in your Gmail inbox, follow these steps:

From computer:

1. Open Gmail.

2. Click in the upper right corner “Settings”.

3. Then click “View all settings”.

4. Select the top edge ‘Chat and meet’.

5. Select to activate the chat in Gmail google-chat And then click ᲪSave changes.

From mobile

Both inside Android As inside iOS You must perform the same steps:

1. Open the Gmail app.

2. Select from the menu three horizontal bars “Configuration / Settings”

3. Then select the account in which this setting will be enabled.

4. Finally activate the option Conversational.

Advantages of Google Chat

Google Chat lets you create a shared space to keep up with all the latest news, share ideas, and keep track of information. Google sheets, videos and photos, in one place.

In turn, smart suggestions help to include recommended files and Quickly get the right people using @ mentions. It can be used to create a Gmail message for the whole group or to schedule an invitation to a group meeting. Shared Calendar.

There is also the possibility of use Smart canvas Generate a checklist Google Docs And quickly assign roles and determine the next steps. And if you choose a spontaneous conversation, you can present a document, a sheet of paper or a slide that you work on as a team. Direct Meet call with just one click.

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