Hangouts

Google Talk/ Hangouts/ Allo (now Google Chat) Google has been on a quest to dominate the messaging app market for years, but it hasn't been smooth sailing. However, it was eventually replaced by Hangouts in 2013, which combined messaging, video chat, and phone calls into a single app. Hangouts was later co-existed with Allo from 2016, which used machine learning to suggest responses and provide information. Hangouts also eventually discontinued in 2021. If you use Hangouts more often than anybody, you might miss a feature that integrates the app with your phone's native SMS feature. Google will pull the plug on the SMS support in Hangouts for Android on May 22. According to a post by Android Police, G Suite administrators received an email from Google stating that a warning will appear to Hangouts users starting March 27 with the feature completely gone by May. Google has been slowly dissecting Hangouts. Read more in our articles including "Popular Chat Apps We No Longer Use" and "SMS support in Hangouts on Android will end on May".