Google Hangouts is shutting down in November

Following the discontinuation of Google Hangouts for Workspace users in February, Google is now starting the transition of free, individual Hangouts users to Chat. Google said those who are still using the Hangouts mobile app will receive a suggestion to switch to Chat in a blog post.

Users using Hangouts in Gmail on the web will not be prompted to switch to Chat until July, according to Google. Google said that it will notify customers "at least one month" in advance before it starts redirecting the Hangouts site to Chat. Hangouts will still be accessible on its desktop site until November. Google Chat and GChat (or Google Talk), which Google permanently stopped supporting earlier this month, are not the same thing.