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Later this month, Android users in the UK and France will be able to opt in to RCS Chat services provided directly by Google instead of waiting for their carrier to support it. That seems like yet another minor status check-in on the service meant to replace SMS, but in fact it’s a huge shift in strategy.

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Explore the latest updates in Google Chat that transform it into a more versatile and appealing messaging app for personal communication.

Stay in touch with your friends and family with these messaging apps. Many of these apps add fun ways to ping your friends and family, including stickers and GIFs.

Hangouts for the web, the last version of the messaging service, will start redirecting users to Googles new Chat experience.

Google is rolling out a new feature this month for its G Suite users where it will show a notification to your contacts in Gmail and Hangouts chats that you are away on vacation.

Google is ending third-party support for Talk, its messaging app that used to let users send messages directly through Gmail. Users who accessed Talk through XMPP clients like Pidgin or Gajim will be disconnected after June 16th.

Google has had a wide range of video and chat apps over the years, many discontinued and many overlapping in their offering. So which should you use?

Google has silently updated Google Chat with support for