I remember using something called Google Hangouts for video calls at my last job. What happened to that? I remember it being confusing because there was a seemingly unrelated Google Hangouts app for instant messaging.
In 2020/2021 Google Chat was been opened up to consumers [2]. Now Meet and Duo are converging, the last nail in the coffin for the separate consumer/business app idea.
[1] https://blog.google/products/messages/latest-messages-allo-d... [2] https://blog.google/products/workspace/latest-google-hangout...
So I clicked through, and the core functionality of "chat via IM and then spill out to video chat" was nowhere to be found*
*I'm sure it was there somewehere, but I was trying to join a damn meeting not learn a new UI