Google Stop Hangouts Instant Message Service

JAKARTA - Over the years Hangouts has been Google's flagship service for chatting and video calling. But the tech giant plans to remove the Google Hangouts feature.

Google Hangouts is a messenger application, formerly known as Google Talk. The group video calling feature actually confuses users, because other Google services such as Meet and Duo also have a similar feature.

Therefore, now Google has turned off the group video call feature in Hangouts, and now the tech giant is directing users to Google Meet if they want to make a similar group video call.

Launching XDA Developers, Thursday, November 26, later, if users open the Hangouts application, a message will appear telling them that group video calls must be made through Google Meet.

In addition, Google also shares some of the benefits of Meet services, such as live text and screen sharing. It's no surprise that Google started directing Hangouts users to Meet because the company plans to stop Hangouts in the near future.

The plan is known, Google will stop the Hangouts service in the first half of 2021, so if users are still using Hangouts for group chat or video calls, it might be a good idea to start moving to Meet and familiarize yourself with the new interface and features of the Meet service.