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Google Replaces Gchat With Hangouts Today (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the day-has-come dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: The day dreaded by stubborn office workers around the country has finally arrived. At some point today, Google will replace its Google Talk feature in Gmail -- known colloquially to most of the world as Gchat -- with Google Hangouts. The reasoning: Google's announcement of the switch back in March touts Hangouts' better features and integration with other Google products over the barebones Gchat, which launched way back in 2005.

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  1. XMPP service by DrYak · · Score: 5, Informative

    Currently the XMPP server is still available (and can chat to Google Hangout users)
    For now.
    Let's hope that Google will at least maintain this access.

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  2. Re:stubborn? by farble1670 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hello troll.

    Support for every possible platform.
    Video and voice support.
    Multi media support.
    Screen sharing.
    Groups (mix and match video, voice, and chat).

    Yep, pretty much sucks.