Google Hangouts is officially shutting down in November.
Google already transitioned enterprise usersearlier this year.
On the Hangouts mobile app, people are being asked to switch to Chat.
For most, conversations will automatically be migrated over from Hangouts to Chat, Google said.
Google then added chat functionality to other products, such as Gmail.
In 2017, Google launched Chat, a messaging tool for enterprise customers.
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Google is moving people from Hangouts to Chat for reasons that include security and regulations.
Chat offers strongerphishing protections by detecting malicious linksusing real-time data, the company said in a 2020 blog post.
US and EUregulationswould also make VoIP services subject to the same laws.
It’s why Google removed the call phone feature from Hangouts and issued refunds for remaining call credits.
