![]() ![]() Google says that it will email impacted users with more information around September 2022. Will all data be saved/backed up As part of the migration of chats from Hangouts to Google Chat, some chats or portions of chats won’t automatically migrate from Hangouts to Chat. Users can continue to use Google Takeout to download their data until at least November 2022. After this, users will be redirected to Chat on the web. Access to Hangouts on the web will be available at least until October 2022. What about chat backup Hangouts on the web, including user conversations and history, will continue to be available. Users will lose access to the Hangouts Chrome extension on the web and can upgrade to Chat on the web or install the Chat web app. Users will lose access to the Hangouts mobile app and can upgrade to Chat in Gmail or the Chat app. However, it is signing out users with free personal accounts to show that Hangouts' end is near. Upon receiving this: "It’s time for Chat in Gmail" message, the classic Hangouts app will stop working. Google is taking steps to shut down the Hangouts app but no official end date has been announced yet. How will these users know Those users who are on the old Hangouts mobile app will be prompted by an upgrade screen to use Chat in the Gmail app or the standalone Chat clients (Android and iOS). Google says it will warn users "at least one month" in advance before moving them to Google Chat. Hangouts will remain usable on the company's desktop site till November 2020. Google says that users who use Hangouts in Gmail on the web won’t start seeing prompts to make the switch to Chat until July. ![]()
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