Hangouts conversations to start appearing in Google Chat in coming weeks
Updated: December 1, 2020 3:23:30 pm
Starting in the first half of 2021, everyone can begin upgrading from Hangouts to Chat.
Google has finally revealed that group conversations of Hangouts will start appearing in Google Chat from this week. These changes are for the enterprise version of GSuite. This is one of the three changes that the company is bringing to Google Chat. As per the official blog, the software giant will start rolling the new changes from December 3. The update will gradually hit all the devices in about 15 days.
“Starting in the first half of 2021, everyone can begin upgrading from Hangouts to Chat. To ensure a smooth transition, we will help automatically migrate your Hangouts conversations and saved history. These changes further ensure compatibility between classic Hangouts and Chat to make migrating your users as seamless as possible,” Google said in the blog.
One of the significant changes in Google Chat that users will notice is the updated group conversations. It will bring the ability to add and change members of new group conversations. Google says that whenever a new individual is added to a group conversation, all the members will be able to see a message announcing the new member.
Additionally, the newly added member will also be able to see all the old conversations. One can create a group conversation by tapping on the “Start a new chat” option, located in the conversation settings menu.
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