

You can delete an entire Google Hangouts conversation history with one person, but not individual messages with a person. Teens can’d delete or turn off message history. One of the more popular features to come out of Google+ has been the Hangouts feature with the strongest level of adoption being people who want to host. See Privacy below for links that help control who you connect with. They may also find individuals in communities on Google+, which the app is capable of linking to if it is downloaded. Users are able to connect with already existing contacts from their devices or locate other users who might be acquaintances or following. It’s super easy to connect, cheaply, with friends. What do parents need to know about Google Hangouts? Most importantly, Hangouts is part of the Google Suite of products, and can be used by teachers who might need to connect with students in a virtual learning environment (for example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially after Zoom became such a privacy risk). There’s the option for group chats with up to 150 participants and the ability to include up to 10 people per video call. It allows users to connect with others from all over the world and all the calls to other Hangouts users are free (absent your carrier’s charges).

And while it never enjoyed the popularity of some instant messaging apps, Hangouts had its devout fans.Description: Google Hangouts is a messaging, video, and calling app. Google has been gradually phasing out the Hangouts brand in favor of its newer messaging services for some time now, so it’s not surprising the company has finally decided to sunset the platform. That said, you can also use the company’s Takeout service to download a copy of your data. If you’re still actively using Hangouts, Google promises your conversations will automatically transfer to its newer app. The Hangouts web client will remain available until November, and the company says users will have “at least” one month of warning before the platform’s webpage begins automatically redirecting to the Chat website instead. Over on Gmail, Google won’t begin prodding Hangouts users to switch over until July. “Hangouts has been replaced by Google Chat,” the company declares in the notification. If you still use Hangouts on mobile, you’ll see a prompt starting today to move to either the standalone Chat app or the Chat experience in Gmail. On Monday, the company announced it would start migrating consumer Hangouts users to Chat before the former is no longer available after November 2022. Hangouts holdouts will have to finally say goodbye to Google’s most resilient chat app later this year.
