Google Hangouts shutting down in 2020, says new report

If you use Google Hangouts, you may want to begin looking into an alternative messaging service.

Google will shut down Hangouts for consumers in 2020, says a source speaking to 9to5Google. There’s no word on a more specific timeframe yet, so it’s unclear how long into 2020 that Hangouts will survive.

Hangouts launched in mid-2013 as Google’s latest messaging service. As we all know, though, Google ended up releasing a few more messaging services in the following years, like Allo and Android Messages. Now Google appears to be pushing Android Messages as its consumer-focused messaging product, offering features like RCS and a web version, while Hangouts is the business-centric messaging offering. As such, it’s no surprise to hear that Hangouts for consumers will soon be killed off.

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source: androidandme