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tl;dr: after pushing rcs so hard for years, killing hangouts well after forgetting about it, & hiding it from gmail, google now wants you to use its (and google allo's) successor, google chat.

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[–] zacharoid@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe they should update their description:

About this app

Collaborate seamlessly with Google Chat, part of Google Workspace

Google Chat is an intelligent and secure communication and collaboration tool, built for teams. From ad-hoc messaging to topic-based workstream collaboration, Chat makes it easy to get work done where the conversation is happening.

• Group collaboration that allows Google Workspace content creation and sharing (Docs, Sheets, Slides), without having to worry about granting permissions • Side by side editors, one click meetings, scheduling, document creation, and shared files, tasks, and events

make it easy to get work done

• Google search functionality, with options to filter for

conversations and content that you've shared • Ready for Enterprise, with the full benefits of Google Workspace security and access controls including Data Loss Prevention, Compliance, Admin Settings, Vault Retention, Holds, Search, and Export

[–] blivet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Whatever they think they are doing is absolutely incomprehensible. We use Google workspace where I work and a year or two ago Google was actively trying to kill the Chat app as a separate item and merge it into Gmail. I have no idea whether the Chat they’re pushing now is the same thing they were trying to get rid of not too long ago, or a new thing with the same name.