As announced a week ago, Google is now in the process of shutting down classic Hangouts for free consumers. Many users are finding that they can no longer access Hangouts for Android and iOS today.

We know about Google’s track record with messaging apps. There are a bunch of messaging apps that the company unveiled only to drop soon after. Do you remember Google Chat or Google Plus Huddle?

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Google Hangouts has had the slowest death of all time. We first started talking about its demise back in 2020, ...

It’s Wednesday, so time for some updates. We’re starting things off with Hangouts getting an update. Hangouts is getting a pretty nice update today, first of all it should fix the battery drain which ...

Gmail Chat, once known as Gchat but more accurately referred to as Google Hangouts today, is the little messenger attached to your Gmail account you see in a web browser. The mobile version of Gmail ...

In addition to announcing a Phone subscription program, Google today emailed Fi subscribers about how to “Move [their] conversations to Messages by Google.” Support documents lay out in detail what to ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

Hangouts holdouts will have to finally say goodbye to Google’s most resilient chat app later this year. On Monday, the company announced it would start migrating consumer Hangouts users to Chat before ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

Google has opened its Google+ Hangout service to third-party applications and is adding an apps menu to the video chat application to help people find them. Google released a preview of the Hangout ...