Google announced it March of 2017 that it will split Hangouts into two core apps – Hangouts Chat, a Slack-like tool for groups, and Hangouts Meet, a application Skype-style video conferencing.
So, simple users as well as G Suite users will be transferred from the classic Hangouts sometime within 2019. Today the company has released it a timetable.
From April 16, Hangouts Chat will be available on the web for G Suite users who have classic Hangouts enabled but will not replace just the classic Hangouts. From April to September of 2018, the various Hangouts features will be added to Chat, and in October, the classic app will stop working.
Στις 16 Απριλίου, το Google Vault θα σταματήσει να εμφανίζει τα μηνύματα μόνο στο κλασικό Hangouts, και σύμφωνα με την Google τα μηνύματα συνομιλιών θα εμφανίζονται και στο Hangouts Chat. Στο μεταξύ, οι διαχειριστές θα παρατηρήσουν νέες ρυθμίσεις που θα τους επιτρέπουν να ελέγχουν τις λειτουργίες conversations in Hangouts and Hangouts Chat.
In addition, there will be a new setting in the G Suite admin console in Apps> G Suite> Hangouts Chat that will allow the service to be disabled per user.
Between April and September, Google says Hangouts Chat will integrate with Gmail and gain the ability to replychangeof messages with external users. In addition, it will provide an "enhanced video calling experience", as well as voice calls supported by Google Voice.
As for users who don't use G Suite, Google says it will release one free version of Hangouts Chat after the G Suite changes.
Keep in mind that the company has disabled the Allo messaging service, which has been released September 2016, in an effort to create a modern messaging application from scratch.
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