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Google Splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet

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Re: Google Splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet

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Post by tyingq »

joshwd wrote: post #6

Oh yay, more chat apps from Google. I had finally hit a nice point of integration: using Hangouts with Project Fi means I got somewhat close to the iMessage experience (at least as far as being able to send/receive SMS from my computer). Clearly the integration wasn't great, and the Hangouts app is badly in need of work, but it's a shame to see that even that limited functionality is going away in favor of more fragm…

I saw the headline and honestly thought it was a satire piece.

Re: Google Splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet

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Post by edgyswingset »

I hope this means that various usability and performance issues with Hangouts I've had improves.

That said, I'm having trouble not laughing out loud at this whole thing. It legitimately feels to me like they have no clue what they're doing and are spinning their wheels so that they have wheels to spin.

Re: Google Splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet

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Post by MasterScrat »

tyingq wrote: post #22
joshwd wrote: post #6

Oh yay, more chat apps from Google. I had finally hit a nice point of integration: using Hangouts with Project Fi means I got somewhat close to the iMessage experience (at least as far as being able to send/receive SMS from my computer). Clearly the integration wasn't great, and the Hangouts app is badly in need of work, but it's a shame to see that even that limited functionality is going away in favor of more fragm…

I saw the headline and honestly thought it was a satire piece.

This comes to mind: http://www.bonkersworld.net/confusement/

Re: Google Splits Hangouts into Chat and Meet

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Post by dantiberian »

Yes Google's chat strategy is a mess, but this part is great news:

> It’s a full rewrite of the Hangouts meeting experience and will work without any plug-ins (and Google also promises that it will be lighter on the processor, too, and won’t eat into your battery life or make your laptop’s fans spin at full speed). The team also cut down on the code size and promises that meetings will load “instantly.”

Our team spans macOS, Windows, and Linux and each one of us has our own unique bugs with Hangouts ranging from robotic voices to not being able to join existing Hangouts. In short it's a giant mess. I'm glad to see they're starting from scratch, hopefully this time around will be more reliable.

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