Google is rolling out upgraded features and an improved experience to some of its biggest web apps—including Gmail and Google Docs—while at the same time also transforming the apps that consumers use ...

Hangouts is dead. Long live Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet! Google has always had a rather "colorful" history when it came to messaging apps and services and there are no signs it's going to be ...

Ever since Apple rolled out iMessages, Google has been trying to catch up, but the company never managed to come up with an instant messaging app that was just as good, or secure, as Apple's.

Last month, Google announced a major revamp of Gmail that would see it merge with two of Google’s newer communication apps, Google Meet and Google Chat. Both apps are upstarts taking on established ...

Google’s strategy around its messaging apps is nothing if not messy right now (hello Hangouts, Meet, Chat, Duo and Co.), but it looks like things will get a bit easier come next year. We already knew ...

Gmail on the desktop web today is home to more than just email. It’s long had text chat and video calling, while the last major redesign added Tasks integration. Google now looks to be bringing Chat, ...

Google rebranded two Hangouts apps that handle video conferencing and instant messaging. They'll be known as Google Meet and Google Chat going forward. However, the Hangouts brand won't disappear, as ...

Scott Heiferman is the co-founder and CEO of Meetup, which uses the web to help people meet in real life and today has more than 30 million members in 182 countries.

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Google has been pushing its Chat and Meet products in Gmail ...

Gmail is now rolling out a new user interface that will show Chat and Meet sections in the side pane by default — unless you’ve already disabled them. Google introduced this new integrated view ...

Google is officially kicking off the merger of its two video chat apps, Google Meet and Google Duo. Google announced the merger in June, with the plan to keep the Google Meet brand name while merging ...

Google’s apps for messaging and video calling, Google Meet and Google Chat, will soon be installed by default on Chrome OS devices. In the era of social distancing, video calling apps like Zoom and ...