{"id":15862,"date":"2019-09-27T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T16:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=15862"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:17","slug":"google-hangouts-chat-is-on-hold-at-u-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/27\/google-hangouts-chat-is-on-hold-at-u-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Hangouts Chat is on hold at U-M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hangouts-chat-header-700x141.png\" alt=\"hangouts chat w\/logo\" class=\"wp-image-15869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hangouts-chat-header-700x141.png 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hangouts-chat-header-200x40.png 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hangouts-chat-header-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hangouts-chat-header-665x134.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hangouts-chat-header.png 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, Google announced plans to transition from classic Hangouts to Hangouts Chat. Hangouts Chat is a workstream collaboration tool that allows for team-based discussion, bots, and more. Google provided a timeline of changes and initially stated they would start retiring classic Hangouts in October, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there have been delays as Google listened to critical customer feedback that more time and improvements are needed to ensure the best transition possible. As a result, Google is officially postponing the transition date (i.e., <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/9197126\">phase 4 in this timeline<\/a>) to <strong>no sooner than June, 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Hangouts Chat is generally available from Google, it is not currently enabled in U-M Google. We continue to use Classic Hangouts as there are several key features missing from Hangouts Chat, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Integration with Gmail<\/li><li>Chatting with users outside of U-M Google<\/li><li>Indication that messages have been seen<\/li><li>Improved mobile applications<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Google, these will be included in Hangouts Chat before it begins to retire classic Hangouts in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We continue to monitor progress and regularly engage with Google about this. If key features and improvements are included in Hangouts Chat earlier than June 2020, ITS will re-evaluate enabling it in U-M Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in our latest updates about Google G Suite at U-M? Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/its.umich.edu\/communication\/collaboration\/google\/support\/updates\">Google Service Updates<\/a> page or join the <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!forum\/umichcollab\">U-M Collaboration Forum<\/a>.\u00a0To receive notifications of service disruptions, join the <a href=\"https:\/\/mcommunity.umich.edu\/#group:Collaboration%20Services%20Notifications\">Collaboration Services Notifications<\/a> MCommunity group. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February, Google announced plans to transition from classic Hangouts to Hangouts Chat. Hangouts Chat is a workstream collaboration tool that allows for team-based discussion, bots, and more. Google provided a timeline of changes and initially stated they would start retiring classic Hangouts in October, 2019. However, there have been delays as Google listened to critical customer feedback\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/27\/google-hangouts-chat-is-on-hold-at-u-m\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":15871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[394,315,87],"class_list":["post-15862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","tag-chat","tag-collaboration","tag-google"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured.png",600,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured-200x140.png",200,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured-286x200.png",286,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured.png",600,420,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured.png",600,420,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured.png",600,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured.png",600,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured-600x300.png",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured.png",600,420,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/google-hangouts-vs-hangouts-chat-featured.png",357,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Eric Fruth, ITS Infrastructure","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/efruth\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In February, Google announced plans to transition from classic Hangouts to Hangouts Chat. 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