Re:Ask HN: Anyone else loving the new Google Chat?
by vunderba on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:36AM
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"I discovered that Google Chat is now integrated in the Gmail app"
Google Chat (or at least some variation of it) has been available in Gmail for 10+ YEARS. At the time I had a pixel phone, and it seamlessly integrated regular GChat with SMS, so they were all searchable.
Then they proceeded to completely donk it up and half of my old records disappeared overnight. Fortunately I make regular use of the "Google Takeout" service so I still have the old XML backups of the conversations.
Google Chat (or at least some variation of it) has been available in Gmail for 10+ YEARS. At the time I had a pixel phone, and it seamlessly integrated regular GChat with SMS, so they were all searchable.
Then they proceeded to completely donk it up and half of my old records disappeared overnight. Fortunately I make regular use of the "Google Takeout" service so I still have the old XML backups of the conversations.