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Google hangouts chat review12/5/2023 ![]() A number of those new reviews are complaining about missed notifications too, though I can’t say I experienced that.Īgain, asking a big base of users who used an app for a really, really long time to switch is never going to be easy. Google didn’t add Google Voice integration, there’s no location sharing, the link previews they show are huge, and there aren’t many settings to adjust. Instead, everyone’s chat is left-aligned without separators, so they can blend together and be tough to read in longer conversations. Reading through chat history or within a group can be somewhat confusing, because there isn’t a bubble or messaging style you see in something like a text messaging app or the old Hangouts. I’m sure Google would rather you use Duo for those, but then they should probably integrate Duo as a shortcut for personal Gmail accounts in Chat or something. In fact, I’m not even sure how to do it, because it forces you to create a Google Meet meeting that people can then join rather than a simple video call. It’s really odd to video call someone too. So it takes longer to load images you want to share and forces you to do them one at a time. It also won’t let you send multiple images at once. With Google now asking Hangouts users to switch over to Chat, we’re seeing this play out as we always do in the reviews section of Chat on Google Play.īrowsing through those that are popping up today now that everyone is seeing the message we wrote about earlier, it’s not hard to find comments of “Chat is inferior to hangouts in nearly every way” or “Hangouts destroys this app and you are pushing this instead?” Others called it “Not user friendly and unnecessary” or that they were “Sticking with Hangouts until forced to swap,” but the big takeaway seems to be that Chat is replacing Hangouts, yet is a “regression in functionality.”Īs someone who only used Hangouts for messaging purposes for years and gave Chat a try on multiple occasions, I would tend to agree that Chat hasn’t exactly brought a wealth of new features to make switching worth it.įor one, the photo sharing experience is really bad, as it uses a phone’s file manager rather than a simple media gallery. We attach strongly to ideas and systems and struggle at times to leave them behind. Humans aren’t often accepting of change at first. ![]() Review your list of blocked people.Asking people to leave an app they have used for years and switch everything over to a newer and more modern app that is also quite different, is always going to bring about mixed feelings, criticisms, and anger. If you previously blocked people through first-party Google settings, those block settings will carry over to Google Chat.If you previously blocked people in Google Hangouts through a third-party product, such as an XMPP client, these block settings won't carry over to Google Chat.Google Chat supports blocking people across all services. ![]() Start a video meeting or call in Chat using Google Meet. ![]()
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