Comment Comment by Klathmon It seems many of the comments here read this like hangouts is being killed.The hangouts API was mostly for little widgets and extensions that would running the video chat platform on desktop only.They haven't worked on the new UI for almost 6 months now, they never worked on mobile, and you could count the number of apps on 2 hands.The only one I ever used was a thing where you could draw on a friend's face during a video call, and even that was a one time thing.Hangouts isn't being shutdown, they aren't gutting it's functionality, they are simplifying the system. parent Klathmon 9 years ago
The hangouts API was mostly for little widgets and extensions that would running the video chat platform on desktop only.
They haven't worked on the new UI for almost 6 months now, they never worked on mobile, and you could count the number of apps on 2 hands.
The only one I ever used was a thing where you could draw on a friend's face during a video call, and even that was a one time thing.
Hangouts isn't being shutdown, they aren't gutting it's functionality, they are simplifying the system.