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Work · March 9, 2017

Hangouts Chat by Google (Early Access)

Bring your team together

Hangouts Chat by Google (Early Access) launched on March 9, 2017 with 450 votes, #25 of 3,481 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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Hangouts Chat by Google is a team messaging platform designed to bring colleagues together for communication and collaboration. It enables real-time messaging, conversations, and integrations with other tools. The product is intended for organizations looking to coordinate work discussions and keep teams connected. Available in early access, it competes in the space of workplace chat applications and offers an alternative to similar messaging platforms.

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Last year, we talked about doubling down on our enterprise focus for Hangouts and our commitment to building communication tools focused on the way teams work: from anywhere, at anytime. More than half of the workforce will contribute remotely by 2020, so businesses require purpose-built tools to help employees succeed. Our customers have told us it should be effortless for them to connect over vi

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