Google Hangouts Kills Team Video Calling, Customers Redirected to Meet

Google Hangouts workforce video calling has been killed at the Android and the internet model with the most recent replace. Customers are being redirected to Google Meet as a substitute. Hangouts is a cross-platform messaging app introduced by way of Google in 2013. The brand new building comes amidst a sequence of steps taken by way of Google to interchange Hangouts with Meet and Chat. The trade that incorporates the brand new replace displays Google’s ill-fated try at an quick messaging provider this is nearly close to its finish. 

On opening Hangouts after updating it to model 36.0.340725045, you might be greeted with a banner informing you that “Video calls in Hangouts now use Google Meet. That offers you reside captions, display screen sharing, and extra.” 

Team calls were weeded-out fully in favour of Meet. A brand new menu access has arise, that lets you proportion a Meet hyperlink with anyone. While you name a bunch by means of the video button in Hangouts, a Google Meet URL might be routinely pasted into the chat for everybody to enroll in within the browser. Even though this might not be essentially the most sublime resolution, the purpose this is to nudge consumer behaviour clear of the usage of Hangouts.  

Hangouts can nonetheless be used for one-to-one video calls and the audio calls choices additionally stay the similar as previous. 

As of now, Meet video calls are restricted to 10 individuals at no cost customers and 25 for the ones on paid plans. It is a downgrade as 25 individuals have been to be had for everybody ahead of. 

As in line with a record in Android Police, you’ll be able to nonetheless revert to an previous model of Hangouts to make use of workforce video calling. With maximum telephones routinely updating, this would not be of a lot benefit until you might be chatting with numerous folks directly.  

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