Following Google’s rollout of a new Hangouts service for mobile and Google+, the company is giving Gmail users the opportunity to replace Google Chat with Hangouts integration. But heavy users of ...

This October, Google is retiring Hangouts “classic” for G Suite enterprise users. Ahead of that, a number of legacy features will be added to the Hangouts Chat and Meet replacements. At Cloud Next ...

Google announced this morning that Hangouts Chat is coming to Gmail. That integration was teased earlier this year as one of the legacy features coming from classic Hangouts. At Cloud Next 2019, ...

This morning, Google announced some changes to Hangouts in Gmail. They are rolling out a revamped version of Hangouts which brings availability indicators, improved search, emojis and much more. So ...

This morning, Google announced that it will once again allow users to make phone calls from within Gmail through the use of Google Hangouts. The company says that it doesn't matter whether its users ...

After two years of gently suggesting that users switch from the classic Gchat UI to the newer Hangouts platform, Google surprised Gmail users around the world this week by automatically switching ...

Ever enjoyed being on a vacation only for it to be ruined by work emails and messages? A new feature on Gmail and Hangouts can prevent that from happening. Receiving work emails is particularly ...

Google is updating Hangouts in Gmail today. It’s not a major new release, but the update brings back the green “availability” bubbles that Google did away with when it replaced Google Talk in Gmail ...

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Google Hangout on Google+ Google will begin replacing Gmail’s existing video chat system with a new, better one based on the Hangouts feature from its Google+ social networking service, the company ...

This was probably inevitable: Google today announced that it is replacing video chats in Gmail with Google+ Hangouts. The company first brought video chat to Gmail in 2008, but ever since the launch ...

It looks like Google’s in the middle of a major service disruption — at the moment, Gmail, Google+, and Hangouts all appear to be having major connection issues. Reports on Twitter are coming in fast ...