Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting down sometime in 2020

Re:Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting do... by techntoke on Friday November 30, 2018 @08:04PM (#18574276)

Google has actually been making improvements to their Google Voice client again, and it is looking descent. I'm thinking the issue is they don't have a Slack/MatterMost/Zulip/Discord/Matrix type of chat client and that is what is in style now. Truly Hangouts is not setup for Teams using ChatOps, nor managing multiple channels for Enterprises.

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Re:Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting do... by Marsymars on Friday November 30, 2018 @10:23PM (#18574902)

Though, to note, Google Voice is US-only.

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Re:Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting do... by puzzle on Saturday December 01, 2018 @01:07AM (#18575503)

There's a lot of non-coding work involved in launching in a given country. Years ago, not long after GrandCentral became GV, there was a project to launch in a second country, but the effort just stalled for a variety of reasons and got cancelled. It was going to work differently from the US one because it would have lived in other market realities altogether.

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Re:Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting do... by toyg on Saturday December 01, 2018 @08:54AM (#18576767)

How long has Google Voice been around, more than a decade? Excuses are wearing very thin. Their failure to come to Europe is the whole reason Skype exists.

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Re:Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting do... by puzzle on Saturday December 01, 2018 @11:28AM (#18577407)

I doubt it will ever come, especially to Europe. I don't think any international expansion was ever promised. I haven't worked at Google in years, so I don't know anything about current and future plans. It would be a stunning, but welcome surprise.

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