Hangouts is Google’s cross-platform instantaneous messaging app that permits you to begin one-on-one or group conversations, share photos and movies, and make voice calls. But if you happen to’been paying consideration not too long ago, you already know that
Google has been making an attempt to push users to make use of its Meet service for video chats. That is why
Google added a hyperlink to Meet from the underside of Gmail users’ inbox. And if you happen to open up the Hangouts app following the replace to model 36.0.340725045, the very first thing you may see is a banner that states, “Video calls in Hangouts now use Google Meet. That gives you live captions, screen sharing, and more.”
The latter assertion is deceptive as a result of one-to-one video calls are nonetheless obtainable on Hangouts group video for now. Group video calls although are now not provided by way of Hangouts. When you attempt to arrange a group video chat utilizing the Hangouts video button, a Meet hyperlink will routinely be pasted into the compose field. Meet users can have a video chat with as much as 10 users on the similar time without spending a dime and as much as 25 for these paying for a Workspace plan. Previously, Google allowed 25 folks to interact in a shared video dialog. In alternate for decreasing the utmost variety of simultaneous Meet contributors to 10 from 25, Google is tossing in reside captions and display sharing.
If you continue to wish to use Hangouts for a group video chat session, you’ll be able to revert again to model 35.0.327050771 to take action. But there’s a main caveat. With many telephones updating routinely, you simply would possibly discover that everybody else you already know has up to date to the very newest Hangout version-you know, the one with out group video chat capabilities. And that would depart you with out the power to speak on video with different Hangouts users.
At left, outdated Hangouts; at middle and proper new Hangouts with Meet integration
Another possibility to contemplate if you must video chat more than 10 folks without charge is Google Duo. But there was discuss Google changing Duo with Meet. So in the case of group video for Android users, it seems that you should keep on with being shopper of Meet.
Meet integration is discovered on Gmail