Hangouts is now part of the G Suite line of products and consists of two primary products: Google Hangouts Meet and Google Hangouts Chat. Google has also begun integrating features of Google Voice, its IP telephony product, into Hangouts, stating that Hangouts is designed to be “the future” of Voice.
Google Chat goes free in 2021, whereas Hangouts loses options this month
Google Hangouts is going to die, but first it's going to be picked apart.
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