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What is Google Hangouts?

Use Hangouts to maintain connections with friends and colleagues by sending text messages, starting free voice or video calls, and participating in discussions with individuals or groups. You can form group chats that support up to 150 members, enabling you to reach all your contacts in one go. Elevate your conversations by incorporating status updates, multimedia elements like images and videos, maps, emojis, stickers, and animated GIFs for greater expression. Any chat can be easily converted into a free group video call with a limit of 10 participants. Additionally, you can call any phone number worldwide, with free calls available to other Hangouts users, and you can integrate your Google Voice account for a seamless experience involving phone calls, SMS messaging, and voicemail services. Stay engaged across various platforms, such as Android, iOS, and the web, ensuring that your messages are perfectly synchronized on all devices. You can also send messages to your contacts anytime, regardless of their online status, allowing for unprecedented flexibility in communication. This versatility makes Hangouts a valuable tool for both personal and professional interactions.

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Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Google
Date Founded:
1998
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.google.com

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Not Offered

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Google Hangouts Categories and Features

Web Conferencing Software

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

Video Conferencing Software

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

Team Communication Software

Activity / News Feed
Audio Calls
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Discussion Threads
File Sharing
Mobile Access
Push Notifications
Search
Surveys & Feedback
Task Management
Video Conferencing

Team Chat Software

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Screen Sharing Software

Annotations / Drawing Tools
Desktop / Browser Sharing
Mobile Screen Sharing
Presenter Control Management
Remote Control
Screen Capture
Screen Mirroring
Screen Recording

Messaging Software

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

More Google Hangouts Categories

  • Reviewer Name: Balwinder B.
    Position: SDE
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great tool for instant messaging and virtual meetings.

    Date: Jun 17 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Google Hangouts can be a very useful tool in organization working with a lot of Google applications. It gets seamlessly integrated with other google applications and synchronizes all the data, resulting in increases productivity and smooth workflow.

    Positive

    - Hangouts allows chatting, file sharing, calls and video calls all at one place.
    - It can be accessed directly from mobile, desktop or tablets.
    - Meetings gets synchronized easily with Google calendar, and it also allows seamless integration with other Google applications.
    - User interface of the application is simple and minimal.

    Negative

    - The call quality is not reliable, as it gets distorted with low speed internet.
    - The away status can not be changed manually and gets implemented automatically.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ankit K.
    Position: Systems Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great for formal chats and communications.

    Date: Aug 11 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Google Hangouts is a great tool for interaction between colleagues and teammates. The application is light and easy to use.

    Positive

    1. It works flawlessly with low bandwidth internet connections.
    2. It supports chat, audio and video calls.
    3. The user interface is simple and well optimized.
    4. It is lightweight and does not consume a lot of data.
    5. It seamlessly integrates with other google applications.

    Negative

    1. It does not support setting any backdrop during calls in the background.
    2. The notifications can be improved.

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  • Reviewer Name: Prithvi K.
    Position: Kotlin Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    A minimal chatting application from Google.

    Date: Feb 03 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Google Hangouts is an easy to use chatting application great for team collaborations. It can be set up easily with just a Google account.

    Positive

    - It runs smoothly on laptops, mobile and tablets.
    - It syncs with all the Google application like Google Calendar automatically.
    - The user interface of the application is minimal and easy to use.
    - It can also be used directly from the Gmail application.
    - The application is quite easy to set up as it only requires a Google Account.

    Negative

    - It only has limited features for chatting.
    - It does not support many third-party integrations.

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  • Reviewer Name: Meenakshi S.
    Position: React Dev
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Simplest messaging tool.

    Date: Jan 16 2022
    Summary

    Overall, Google Hangouts is a perfect application for personal and professional use. It is a great tool to communicate between small groups of people.

    Positive

    - It runs smoothly on all the platforms where it is available.
    - It gets synced automatically with other Google applications like Google Calendar.
    - It supports both instant messaging and video conferencing.
    - It is fast, reliable and productive to use.

    Negative

    - Voice notes feature is not available yet.
    - There is not a lot of room for customization.

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  • Reviewer Name: Tehseen A.
    Position: Project Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Versatile, Rich, and, Simple.

    Date: Oct 11 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Google Hangouts is a versatile and secure messaging application available on all the devices across many platforms.

    Positive

    - The best thing about using hangouts as the default chatting application is the ease with which it can be integrated with other Google applications.
    - It is highly secure to use, and the UI feels pleasing to the eyes.
    - It can be used on any Android or iOS device.

    Negative

    - It does not work as seamlessly on the web as it does on Android devices.
    - Sometimes it does not push the notification for the incoming message.

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  • Reviewer Name: Steven R.
    Position: Senior Remote Freelance Content Writer
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Google Hangouts makes professional and personal messaging easy and simple

    Date: Mar 30 2021
    Summary

    It is highly recommended to use this application and extension to replace other instant messaging methods such as WhatsApp. We have used the tool for purely professional functions. It still has minor bugs that do not allow certain functions such as attaching multimedia on occasion, but it is an excellent option for segmenting participants of a work group through conversation invitations.

    Positive

    It has a very simple platform that can be easily used by anyone. We find it very convenient that it can be used from the Gmail inbox which allows us to have visibility into emails and Hangouts private messaging. Also, the mobile app has video calling integration, private chats and more.

    Negative

    There are some glitches that come with installing Google Hangouts for mobile devices. Sometimes when you try to copy an image from another application, it discards it and does not allow under any circumstances to send it and it becomes difficult in case of immediate transfer of images for, for example, a presentation.

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  • Reviewer Name: Simon K.
    Position: Accountant
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Google Hangouts Review

    Date: Feb 24 2021
    Summary

    My experience using Google Hangouts has been great especially when it comes to file sharing, screen sharing, messaging, audio, video, and conferencing calls.

    Positive

    Using it easy and I like there is both a free and paid version.
    Easily integrates with other Google tools.
    It makes team collaboration easy thanks to effective communication channels

    Negative

    Although Google Hangouts is amazing, it not as resourceful as other tools - less features.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rene M.
    Position: US Marketing Manager
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    We can migrate instant messaging communication management to Google Hangouts

    Date: Apr 12 2021
    Summary

    Although there are some minor errors when sending multimedia content, this application is a good tool and alternative to instant messaging applications such as Telegram or WhatsApp. It has very useful functions that can be exploited professionally such as video conferencing, transfer of editable documents and much more.

    Positive

    As a company, we have determined that Google Hangouts is an instant messaging alternative that can be adapted to purely professional functions. The application provides extensions with G-mail and from your inbox we can check emails and in turn answer messages with our work group with the internal chats of the application, in addition to having all the tools that applications like these present.

    Negative

    We have been presented with errors when sending multimedia content in group chats, the application throws format error and discards it. When this happens there is no way to send it so we must resort to another messaging channel or otherwise opt to use the email tool to send the image, presentation or video.

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  • Reviewer Name: Hillary L.
    Position: Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great back office communication tool

    Date: Jul 07 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Hangouts is quick and easy to use and saves valuable time, which is important for me as a small business owner. It's like texting between employees and you can create groups too.

    Positive

    I love Hangouts because it's so easy to use and so quick. Even the app is instant. This literally saves hours on the phone and it's also easy to scroll back to get information. Attach photos or screenshots for a coworker to see or paste a client message for clarification. It's instant and has little pings to let me know when my message has been answered.

    Negative

    There's not much I don't like, but I do wish that there was a search bar within Hangouts to facilitate searching for a particular strand of a conversation/ information.

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  • Reviewer Name: Faraz M.
    Position: Flutter Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Instant messaging software from Google.

    Date: Jul 08 2021
    Summary

    Overall, Google Hangouts can be used as an instant messaging application for teams working on a similar project and for casual use.

    Positive

    - It is a great tool to be connected with team via video calls and texts.
    - It can be easily integrated with other Google software.
    - It is a secure option for communication.

    Negative

    - The pop-up notification does not work properly.
    - No feature to create polls.

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  • Reviewer Name: Steven A.
    Position: Marketing and Operations
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Google Meet is incredible interaction software for a variety of purposes

    Date: Feb 08 2021
    Summary

    In my experience, Google Meet is suitable for using from another location working together at conferences for various events. This function made it very simple for us to set up meetings also at odd hours outside the workplace, such as Sunday nights. And organize emergency meetings. Google’s compliance actually made it incredibly simple to set up emergency meetings to discover production problems, if and when they arise. A conference is constantly just a link away.

    Positive

    Google Hangouts Meet is used in our organization to conduct virtual conferences, specifically during quarantine. Yes, Google Hangouts is being used by all divisions of our organization at the different stages of making web media content where collaboration is needed, but the events involved cannot be face to face. The business requirements addressed are the requirement to work together in meetings from another location. This, in fact, saved a large amount of logistical expenses for our organization.

    Negative

    Conferences in the iPhone app do not respond and we need to go back to the conference again to proceed, a failure that bothers us with usage.

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  • Reviewer Name: Mileydi L.
    Position: Professional in Corporate
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best live video option for family and business meetings

    Date: Jan 09 2021
    Summary

    The significant problem I am addressing is the connection with my teams that are spread out all over the place for a videoconference. The great advantage is the simplicity, since it is incorporated in the google collection of my account and is extremely simple to share and receive invitations to meetings. I use Google Hangouts Meet for any type of phone call or brief office meeting. I love the integrated feature of Google Hangouts Meet, Google Calendar. This is one of the best apps. In addition, the startup time is much shorter, so I can register for a conference immediately.

    Positive

    If you’re using Google Hangouts for your business, then trying out the product that complies with is just one of the best video solutions you should use. It is deeply integrated and very easy to use. Likewise, they recently launched a blur feature that makes your face a lot clearer and also eliminates the background during video clip meetings.

    Negative

    One thing that Google Hangout hasn't introduced yet remains in terms of going to meeting rooms or claiming an alternative to raise your hand. Generally speaking, if you compare the hangout with other rivals, there are a lot of attributes that are missing.

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  • Reviewer Name: Mohit V.
    Position: Operation manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Business and Personal Communication tool

    Date: Jul 03 2020
    Summary

    Finding an app that uses in business and personal use is very rare. But Google Hangouts is one of them, you can use video conferencing and messaging for both office and personal use. Its app makes it easy to communicate with family too.

    Positive

    Google Hangouts let you make international calling free. Application is available on the web, mobile makes perfect for business and personal use. Video conferencing is very clean.

    Negative

    Google Hangouts handles video conferencing pretty well. No cons.

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  • Reviewer Name: Hilda R.
    Position: Teacher
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Google Hangouts allows people to hangout virtually.

    Date: Sep 30 2020
    Summary

    Overall Hangouts is a decent, strong and capable of many features for communication. It is the part of google and gmail applications, so we don't need to create a different account for the use of this tool.

    Positive

    Google hangouts is one of the best and oldest software for communicating with your colleagues, friends and family in numerous ways. Through this application we can text, voice and video chat with people we love, while away from home. We can also share file and photos with our friends through Google hangout.

    Negative

    Removing any body from friend list is not possible in this tool although we can block them, but it is annoying that we can't remove them from the list of connected people.

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  • Reviewer Name: Ramesh S.
    Position: Senior Technical Support
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Rich Communication service

    Date: Jul 14 2020
    Summary

    It's a prominent team communication platform. We use to get connected with each other using its rich video and messaging service. We also used this on Slack app integration, which we can easily enter the command and start its service within the slack app.

    Positive

    #1- It has a rich video and instant messaging service.
    #2- It also integrates with the Slack app, gives you perform an action within the slack app.
    #3- Mobile version support is also available.
    #4- Group video call or group chat is easily possible.

    Negative

    #1- We had overall positive experience with Hangouts.

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  • Reviewer Name: Rabail J.
    Position: Teaching Assistant
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Connect people with ease

    Date: Oct 03 2020
    Summary

    Overall Google Hangouts is nonetheless convenient and easily available communication tool on all of our devices with any OS.

    Positive

    Google Hangouts is serving the people since long time to communicate and connect with other in the easiest way. Google hangouts is widely used in the world as it is used along Gmail which is one of largest email service in the world, so hangouts is readily available to almost every other person around the globe.

    Negative

    Online and offline notifications of your friend list are not as per the actual status, as mostly it keeps on showing online status of the people although they have signed out.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Consultant
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    It's more flexible with screen sharing which makes team collaboration easy

    Date: Jul 08 2020
    Summary

    Great experience with online video conferencing and easy to hold online meeting.
    It's more cost effective and user friendly.
    Reliable with screen sharing for presentations.

    Positive

    I like how it's easy to collaborate as a team with project management.
    It's more cost effective and very affordable.
    Easy to hold online video conferencing and it's user friendly.

    Negative

    Great customer support and more user friendly interface.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    A convenient chat application

    Date: Jun 09 2020
    Summary

    Google Hangouts is a simple & convenient chat application with no setup required. You can use all its features right out of browser. It is great for casual use but not recommended if looking for an enterprise level team collaboration tool.

    Positive

    Clean interface.
    No setup required - chat right from your mailbox.
    Excellent Integration with G Suite - Calendar, Contacts and more.
    Video conferencing & screen sharing.
    Great mobile app.

    Negative

    Tied up with your Google account, cannot use without one.
    Required high bandwidth to maintain good quality.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Business Analyst
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 500 - 999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Hangouts - Review

    Date: Jun 12 2020
    Summary

    I am using hangouts for so long now, it is one of the most common media to communicate in our office. It is easy to set up video calls. The application is free of cost and comes with a Gmail account. The usual texting feature has no reply back option like in the regular communication applications. Pasting screenshots easily by pressing ctrl + V is a great feature you need not save and attach the picture separately.

    On an overall level, my experience is quite decent and it s a definitive recommendation for day to day users.

    Positive

    (+) Easy to use and simple interface.
    (+) Free of cost, comes with a free Gmail account.
    (+) Mobile application is also quite good.
    (+) Integration with calendar and easy to set up video conferencing
    (+) The latest push to talk feature is good.
    (+) You can directly paste a screenshot image by pressing Ctrl+V

    Negative

    (-) No option to reply to a message like in Whatsapp and other messaging applications.
    (-) Video clarity is not up to the mark can be improved.
    (-) Calls get stuck some times and become hard to rejoin.

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  • Reviewer Name: Betty C.
    Position: Teacher
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Little old fashioned but still useful

    Date: Nov 12 2020
    Summary

    Overall Google hangouts is a great simple communication application and has been a regular source for me for virtual connectivity since many years.

    Positive

    Google hangouts is traditional chat and communication application and has been a part and parcel of Google services since years. It is most easy and simple tool to connect with your family and friends through text, audio and video chats.

    Negative

    Google hangouts has been a great communication tool for ages but now it needs to add features like screen sharing and remote access to give it a modern look.

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