Video conferencing services: Google Talk, Google Voice, Google Plus Hangouts, Google Duo, Google MeetĬollaboration software: Google Wave, Google Plus circles, Google Docs chat, Google Chat SMS/RCS services: Google Voice, Android Messages app with RCS chat integration
Messaging services: Google Talk, Google Plus Huddle, Google Hangouts, Google Allo, Google Chat, plus innumerable chat features built into other Google products we won’t mention here Here’s a breakdown of Google’s major messaging offerings over the years, with currently active services in bold:
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Is this a coincidence that brings Google’s messaging ouroboros full circle, or is it meant to entice GChat fans into actually using the company’s latest attempt?įor another, Google Chat contains its own messaging rooms that were previously called Rooms but will soon “evolve” into something called Spaces, even though Google introduced a different messaging app called Spaces in 2016. For one thing, Google Chat is the name fans have affectionately used to refer to Google’s original messaging service, Google Talk, for many years.