

Consumers will find their past conversations neatly stacked in cards in the dashboard. The user is always greeted with a clean dashboard, organized with intuitive icons. Because it nests neatly in the Gmail account or browser page, users avoid sitting awkwardly, hunched over a cell phone as they attempt to evade the boss’ attention. Many use it to inconspicuously contact friends while at work. It is also discreet enough to save space and time by omitting superfluous features. It is nimble and powerful enough for the average talk via text customer.

Hangouts’ bread and butter is sending instant messages as a faster and cheaper SMS alternative. Set for the gallows in 2020, the time has come to hang up on Google Hangouts.
