I hope they're fixing it. Hangouts, Google Talk, Gmail (chat), Google+..... you know!
Google Hangouts Down
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#12So is the XMPP access to GChat. Official status page: http://www.google.com/appsstatus
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#13Mortal afterall...
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#14This is a very good free replacement - https://www.awesometalk.com/
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#15This is a very good free replacement - https://www.awesometalk.com/
Only if I can convince my friends to use it.
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#16Just a backdoor update, will be back shortly.
You really think they have to sustain downtime in order to update some software?
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#17A rise in productivity around the globe incoming.
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#18This is a very good free replacement - https://www.awesometalk.com/
That seems to be just a video chat service. Hangouts is much, much more than that.
While Google's initial push of Hangouts angered me as much as anyone, I have since accepted its ways:
- true multi-device chat, the whole chat conversation is visible between from various devices. XMPP never got that right
- easy multi-user chat, no need to create a special room, just invite the people
- in-line images and animated gifs
- see who's read what in the chat (an oft-missed feature: look for other user's thumbnail pics in the chat: it's below the latest message they've seen)
- easy multi-device voice and video chat, with volume management that just works (like or better than Skype IMHO) and proper conferencing features (ability to mute others)
Now, as an XMPP aficionado, I just wish they'd open their protocol...