The eleven year-old GChat is retiring soon as one of the first ever messaging app of Google since 2005. With this regard, new member of Google's messaging system is introduced called Hangouts which aims to be the official app for major enterprises.
GChat was introduced by Google to the public last 2005 following Gmail in 2004. Considered as the perfect messaging platform back then, it is also tagged as cleaner than AIM while allowing the users to use cooler aliases when not comfortable giving out their real name, New York Magazine reported.
In relation to this, the four-year old Google Hangouts is on the line to replace the old messaging app which the search giant sees as the future of communication for enterprise sector. And this could mean surpassing the outstanding services provided by Skype and Slack.
However, the painful truth is Google Hangouts has never proven itself to be the most effective communication tool despite the capability of merging chats with managers, colleagues and others. But in a recent Google-hosted event, the search giant has introduced new updates to Google Hangouts app - Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat which both equipped with schemes that will make communication more direct and convenient for working professionals when it comes to audio and visual.
Accordingly, Hangouts Meet provides ease and convenience when starting a meeting through eliminating plug-ins to be able to start the meeting as soon as possible. While Hangouts Chat on the other hand favors the team messaging where threaded conversations are enabled so that team members can review the complete discussions during the meeting through an advanced search option, Tech Crunch reported.
Basically, aside from Hangouts Google has other messaging services that exist which includes Allo, Duo, Android Messages, Voice and Supersonic Fun Voice Messenger. For this reason, netizens are wondering why the search giant chooses Hangouts over Allo and Duo when the two messaging apps appears to be more credible and efficient tool compared to the former.
