Another part of the struggling Google Hangouts brand is disappearing. The company is rebranding its Hangouts Meet service to Google Meet, as is indicated by a Google Cloud blog post.
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As the current coronavirus outbreak continues to spread around the world and forcing people to travel less, Microsoft and Google are making their videoconference tools temporarily free.
Google is postponing the shutdown of the classic Hangouts for G Suite customers until June 2020 as many users are asking for more time to transition their organization to Hangouts Chat.
Logitech today introduced the Tap, its latest solution for meetings and collaboration, and it's compatible with most systems, including Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms, and Hangouts Meet Hardware.
Google is expected to shutter its Allo messenger hot on the heels of news that Hangouts would be going away too. The company has been winding down Allo development during this year.
Following reports about the impending closure of Hangouts sometime in 2020, Google now seems to be working on migrating consumers to Hangouts Meet and Chat, which are currently available on G Suite.
Google has introduced a new Hangouts Meet add-in for Microsoft Outlook today, designed to let users of the personal data manager create video meetings in an Outlook event or email.
Google says that G Suite users can now enable interoperability with third-party systems like Cisco, Polycom, and Skype for Business for Hangouts Meet a few weeks after the integration was announced.
You can soon join Hangouts Meet conferences from third-party solutions, work with people outside of your organization in Hangouts Chat, and book rooms from Microsoft Exchange using G Suite.
Google has introduced several security features for G Suite for Education, and a new premium tier, G Suite Enterprise for Education, which includes a slew of new features for $4 per user per month.
Google today announced two new communication services for businesses, called Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat, moving further toward transitioning Hangouts into an enterprise platform.