is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Google has officially removed the Hangouts brand from its enterprise G Suite ...

After nearly a year in beta, Google today announced that its Slack-competing Hangouts Chat platform is ready for prime time. The internet giant announced last March that it was splitting its Hangouts ...

This October, Google is retiring Hangouts “classic” for G Suite enterprise users. Ahead of that, a number of legacy features will be added to the Hangouts Chat and Meet replacements. At Cloud Next ...

Google is rolling out upgraded features and an improved experience to some of its biggest web apps—including Gmail and Google Docs—while at the same time also transforming the apps that consumers use ...

Hangouts is dead. Long live Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet! Google has always had a rather "colorful" history when it came to messaging apps and services and there are no signs it's going to be ...

In 2021, Google Hangouts is fading away and Google Chat is taking its place. So if you’re a seasoned Hangouts user—after all, the service has been around for seven years at this point—what do you need ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. If you’re a Google Workspace user, the classic Hangouts ...

Google announced that its Hangouts service is going away a long time ago, and it’s now truly dead. Back in July, the Hangouts app for both Android and iOS was removed, while Hangouts for the web ...

With the new Gmail for web last April, Google introduced a “quick-access side panel” with widgets for Calendar, Keep, and Tasks. It has since been added to other G Suite apps like Drive and Docs on ...

Everyone wants to be in on the conversation, but sometimes distance can make in-person meetings hard. We tested five multiperson video chat services–Google Hangouts, Skype Premium, Tinychat, AV by AIM ...

Coronavirus has many people staying home and connecting with friends and coworkers through video chat. Here are two options for staying in touch. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's ...

Slack, Stride, HipChat—workplace chat apps that integrate with various project management and collaboration services are all the rage. It’s surprising, then, that Google hasn’t jumped on board yet.