https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hangouts-to-begin-heading-into-the-sunset-in-october/ > Starting April 16, G Suite users will be able to use Chat online and via phone apps. Users can also disable classic Google Hangouts before October at a time of their choosing. The Hangouts setting page will be renamed to Hangouts Meet. The blog post suggests users to move to Chat and Meet between April and September this year. > This comes after Google in November said it would kill off Hangouts in 2020. In 2017, Google said it was "evolving" Hangouts to focus on Meet, a video conferencing feature, and Chat, a messaging platform and Slack competitor.