They really should have just kept building on top of Hangouts.
From what I have read its simply not how Google works on the inside. They have all the best programmers developing new "products" which then get tested live. If a product wins great, put the best on something else. Maintaining existing products outside of the core search and ad's is seen internally as a menial job, and managers focus on keeping maintenance costs low and quiet new ideas.
But yes, Hangouts was amazing at its peak. I could group chat, video chat, send MMS like posts, connect it directly to my google voice and more. They should have kept working on it.
I’ve heard that too, product launches = promotion so they keep churning them out.
I got curious and installed it there, Hangouts chats from 2015 - 2018 all appeared. This isn’t as brand new as they’d make you believe.
They really should have just kept building on top of Hangouts.
From what I have read its simply not how Google works on the inside. They have all the best programmers developing new "products" which then get tested live. If a product wins great, put the best on something else. Maintaining existing products outside of the core search and ad's is seen internally as a menial job, and managers focus on keeping maintenance costs low and quiet new ideas.
But yes, Hangouts was amazing at its peak. I could group chat, video chat, send MMS like posts, connect it directly to my google voice and more. They should have kept working on it.
I’ve heard that too, product launches = promotion so they keep churning them out.
I got curious and installed it there, Hangouts chats from 2015 - 2018 all appeared. This isn’t as brand new as they’d make you believe.