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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>In October 2020, Google announced that it will launch a platform called google chat that would be available for everyone.<\/p>\n

Since then, people could continually use google hangouts or upgrade to Google chat, by downloading the app separately or using it within Gmail.<\/p>\n

Today, Google has said that it is launching Google Chat which will have a better user interface and be an upgrade of its Hangouts platform.<\/p>\n

Users, however, have the option to switch between the Hangouts and Google Chat until July this year.<\/p>\n

Google said it will roll out a prompt before it starts pointing the Hangouts site to Chat.<\/p>\n

If you are using Hangouts, Google should automatically transfer your chat to Google Chat.<\/p>\n

The company also plans to introduce other features like Chat spaces, a dedicated place for topic based collaboration.<\/p>\n

Groups and teams can share ideas, work on documents, and manage files and tasks, all from a single location.<\/p>\n

The new integrated view in Gmail will make it easier to use Chat alongside your Gmail inbox, Spaces, and Meet.<\/p>\n

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For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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