Google has announced that it’s extending the timeline Google Workspace and G Suite for Education customers have to migrate from classic Hangouts to Google Chat. This is to make the migration process as easy as possible. In June, Google introduced the Chat preferred setting in the Admin console to allow any...
You can now start conversations in Google Chat (previously known as Hangouts Chat) with people outside of your domain. You’ll be able to do this by either sending a direct message or adding them to rooms. Conversations with external users in classic Hangouts will also appear in Chat as new...
Starting from 2 June 2020, you can migrate all of your users from classic Hangouts to Google Chat with the “Chat preferred” setting in the Admin console. If you enable this setting, Google Chat will become the default chat application for your organisation, replacing all of your classic Hangouts apps...
Google announced an Accelerated Transition Program to give a first wave of organisations a head start on migrating to Hangouts Chat and get early access to new features. The Mountain View company heard user feedback and they want to give users early access and more time before the general availability...
Google has added Smart Reply to Hangouts Chat so you can respond to teammates quickly and move projects forward more efficiently, in less time. This launch is part of Google’s ongoing effort to bring intelligent, assistive writing tools to all of G Suite. Smart Reply in Hangouts Chat uses machine...
Google has added emoji reactions to Hangouts Chat. (more…)
