Google directs Hangouts users to new Google Chat

Google has started showing a notification in Hangouts in which the tech giant wants to redirect users to the new Google Chat. An end date for Hangouts has not yet been mentioned, but Google now seems to want to speed up the closing of the service.

The notification in Hangouts directs users to Google Chat and notifies that conversations are now visible there as well. On the Hangouts support page state that message history will be available in Google Chat from June 2020. The messages from before will come to the new service later. A final end date for Hangouts has not yet been announced.

Meanwhile complaining in the review section in the Play Store many users about the lack of features in Google Chat. For example, multiple images cannot be sent at the same time in an attachment and the app can hardly be adjusted to your own preferences.

Earlier, Google already put an end to video calling in Hangouts. Instead, users were directed to Google Meet. Video calls can be made with this app. Google has long been planning to stop using Hangouts.