Messages, Duo, Hangouts Chat and Meet

Google He has been trying for many years to succeed in the instant messaging to compete with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, whose leadership seems unbeatable. After several attempts and failures, the company does not throw in the towel, and for that 2019 We will see your new bet.

This week, Google announced future plans for its messaging apps, announcing the closing of Google Allo for March 2019 and the migration of classic Hangouts into new Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet.

Google cleans and tidies its messaging and communication applications. By 2019, we will be moving from six to four applications, with duplicate services being loaded. Google Messages will take over from Google Allo and Hangouts Chat classic Hangouts, with very different characteristics and audience.

From 2019 we will have Google Messages and Google Duo targeted for consumers and Hangouts Chat and Meet Hangouts targeted for businesses, but everyone can use all these apps in the future.

Google Messages

Google Messages is Google's biggest gamble to try to stop WhatsApp's leadership. This is the official Android app for messages (SMS / MMS) and chat (RCS) that comes from the factory on many devices. It has the support of operators, and its success depends on the fact that these operators activate the support of RCS messages worldwide so that everyone can create groups, send photos, videos, audio notes and much more for free with their messages. data rate.

Many features of Google Allo have arrived this year in Messages, such as quick responses or their web version to chat from our PC. In the coming months, we expect important news, such as the ability to link our Google Account and integration with Google Assistant. Google Messages is the alternative to iMessage from Apple.

Google Duo

Google Duo is Google's bet for video calls between individuals and their alternative to Apple's FaceTime. Google prefers to have separate applications for messages and another for video calls. This year, Duo came on tablets and Chromebooks. For the moment, this application only allows us to call a person. Maybe the group calls may come in the future.

Hangouts Chat

Hangouts Chat is the business messaging app, but over the next year will no longer be exclusive to G Suite, with which any user can use it. Google offers with this application a more productive Slack or Trello style chat application, where users create chat rooms to share documents, sheets and presentations. His approach is more professional, so companies and students have their workgroups.

Meet Hangouts

With Meet Hangouts offers a powerful application for professionals to do their videoconferences with up to 100 participants, with its built-in calendar in Google Calendar, to miss any remote meeting.