Google is killing off its existing Google Chat app this month and making it a Chrome-based Progressive Web App (PWA) that behaves like a native desktop app.

It sounds like there is a new version of Google Talk in the works -- fears loomed that the client had all but been abandoned since the last update was over 16 months ago, and it was just to add ...

Last year, chat.google.com received a Progressive Web App to replace the old desktop client. The Google Chat Electron app will stop working ...

How to set up Google Chat You'll need a Google account to use Google Chat. You can use the standalone Google Chat app on your phone or use it with Gmail on mobile and desktop. Let's check it in ...

Google Chat — formerly known as Hangouts Chat — can now be used as a PWA on desktop platforms. The recently reported move comes with a few advantages and trade-offs. It alleviates the need for ...

Google Chat, the service formerly known as Hangouts Chat, has a new app that works on any PC with Chrome. The messaging service has long had a desktop application, but this Progressive Web App ...

That’s something you’ve always been able to do with Google Hangouts… the older chat app that Google is currently de-emphasizing as it pushes Allo for text chats and Duo for video calls.