Google Hangouts

Google Hangouts was a cross-platform instant messaging service developed by Google. It originally was a feature of Google+, becoming a standalone product in 2013, when Google also began integrating features from Google+ Messenger and Google Talk into Hangouts. Google then began integrating features of Google Voice, its Internet telephony product, into Hangouts, stating that Hangouts was designed to be "the future" of Voice.

Google Hangouts
Developer(s)Google
Initial releaseMay 15, 2013 (2013-05-15)
Final release(s) [±]
Android41.0.411169071 / October 29, 2022 (2022-10-29)
Android (Dialer)0.1.100944346 / September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)
Android (Meet)33.0.268569565 / September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)
Android (Chat)2019.09.19.271424619_prod / October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)
Android Wear17.0.145656208 / February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)
iOS41.0 / December 1, 2021 (2021-12-01)
PlatformAndroid, iOS, web Wear OS
SuccessorGoogle Chat
Google Meet
Available in36 languages
TypeCommunication software
LicenseFreeware
Websitehangouts.google.com (defunct; redirects to chat.google.com)

In 2017, Google began developing two separate enterprise communication products: Google Meet and Google Chat, as a part of its Google Workspace office suite. Google began transitioning Workspace users from Hangouts to Meet and Chat in June 2020. Subsequently, Gmail users transitioned from Hangouts to Meet and Chat during 2021 and the Hangouts service discontinued on November 1, 2022.

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