Learn how Google Chat & Google Hangouts work together until the upgrade You can also search for those messages in Chat.
How to access your data in Google Chatįor most people, conversations are automatically migrated from Hangouts to Chat, so it’s easy to pick up where you left off. Important: After all Hangouts users are upgraded to Google Chat, Hangouts data will no longer be available in Gmail. You will be able to download your Hangouts account data, including your conversations, until at least November 2022.
You will have access to Google Hangouts and all associated data through the web until at least October 2022. Download the file to preserve your Hangouts data.įor more general information about how Google Takeout works, go to How to download Google data. You will receive an email when the takeout process is complete. A message tells you that Google is creating a copy of files from Hangouts.
Since Hangouts is being upgraded to Google Chat soon, we recommend a one-time download.
Chat is built with leading enterprise-grade security including mobile device management, single-sign-on, two-factor authentication, admin settings, compliance, and Vault retention, holds, search and export. Securely message your team from any device. In addition to useful integrations with G Suite apps, Chat connects to several third-party tools, helping you manage all of your work in one place. Schedule meetings, create tasks, or get updates from your team right within Chat. Share and discuss Docs, Sheets, and Slides all in one place. Whether in a 1:1 chat or a dedicated group workspace, Chat makes it easy to collaborate with your team in an organized way.
Once users install the app, it integrates with their device's operating system to function like a native app offering simple and efficient Chat experience. The new Google Chat standalone app is a Progressive Web Application (PWA), which provides a fast, reliable, and engaging way to use Chat on any desktop device with the Google Chrome Web browser.