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Google Chat

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What is Google Chat?

Google Chat, formerly Hangouts Chat, is a collaboration tool competing with Slack, designed to make it easy for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate,…

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Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Popular Features

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  • Chat (20)
    9.1
    91%
  • Notifications (20)
    8.9
    89%
  • Mobile Access (19)
    8.4
    84%
  • Discussions (18)
    7.7
    77%

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What is Google Chat?

Google Chat, formerly Hangouts Chat, is a collaboration tool competing with Slack, designed to make it easy for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate, and with dedicated, virtual rooms to house projects over…

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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What is Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.

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Product Demos

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Integrate Dialogflow with Google Chat

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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

7.9
Avg 7.8

Communication

Features that allow team members to communicate about collaborative projects and keep each other informed of their opinions and progress.

8.2
Avg 8.0

File Sharing & Management

Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.

8.3
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

What is Google Chat?

Google Chat Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Google Chat, formerly Hangouts Chat, is a collaboration tool competing with Slack, designed to make it easy for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate, and with dedicated, virtual rooms to house projects over time — plus threaded conversations — Chat helps users track progress and follow up tasks. Chat currently supports 28 languages and each room can support up to 8,000 members.

VIRNECT Remote, Space, and Showbie are common alternatives for Google Chat.

Reviewers rate Chat and Device sync highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Google Chat are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Communication between users
  • GIFs & emojis
  • Creating tasks from messages and putting those in Calendar
  • More versatile markdown (e.g., adding 2 levels of points, code snippets etc.)
  • Provide automations and writing bots (same as on Slack)
  • Improve threads (they are not prominent and easy to lose sight of)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • You do not need an account with Google Chat you only need an account with Google.
  • Technical support is excellent.
  • There are many videos that explains how to use it.
  • There is no limitation to the number of people to join the chat.
  • You can have private rooms for chatting.
  • You can visualize your chat with a video link.
  • Issues sometimes when loading chats. Needs to be fixed.
  • If Google is down then everything is down.
Ryan Mays | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Create internal/operational efficiencies.
  • Enhance decision making.
  • Improve business process agility.
  • Improve customer relations/service.
  • Text boxes have an aggravating way of resizing itself.
  • Inability to dock the conversation list.
  • Conversations can jump around quite often.
  • Searching for specific instances or keywords sometimes is not efficient.
Rishi Pal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Easy to use interface
  • Fast connectivity and portability to use from phone, tab etc.
  • Quick way to share files like pdf jpg, videos etc.
  • Low bandwidth is required
  • Popup message can be sometimes distracting while doing work
  • Sometimes when message fails, I am not able to find out whether it is due to app or internet
  • There is a limit to the character that you can send
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Google Hangouts Chat allows you to send and receive messages real time with emoticons that can help you express your mood.
  • You can download and upload image file that can be use for business process and more.
  • Google Hangouts Chat also allows you to make a calls to reach other users.What I like the most is the awesome screen sharing while on call.
  • Google Hangouts Chat has a room for improvement in customizing the themes background.The themes are outdated and hard to change if you don't know the right key to change it.
  • It could be more user friendly if there will be no hidden features. Formatting messages is very likely to use and fun.
  • With conversations going on about everything all the time, it's easy to get pulled into far too many discussions but sometimes its hard to mention names because it shows many result even the users are not included on the chat room.
carlos ibarra | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Improve efficiency with faster chat conversations
  • Share files quickly and easily
  • Cut down on company costs with easy-to-use, free software
  • Mobile and Desktop app
  • Google hangouts has room for improvement with its user interface.
  • A better way to create channels of specific topics
  • Bigger avatars for people i talk or work with
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The software makes team work easy thanks to the many collaboration features
  • Communication is easy
  • Google Hangouts Chat integrates well with other Google products hence better experience
  • The software is very affordable
  • No major challenges yet. Google Hangouts Chat is amazing and has been working well.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The software makes communication easy
  • Google Hangouts Chat enhances collaboration
  • Integration with other Google tools is easy
  • The software is an affordable option considering the many features it offers
  • My only issue is when it comes to sharing large files - sometimes it can be lagging. Other than that, everything else is okay
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ease of integration with other Google products makes the user experience amazing
  • The software is affordable yet resourceful which is great.
  • The software makes collaboration and team communication easy
  • I can say everything works well because I'm yet to experience major issues
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Offers great features and capabilities such as chats, file sharing, screen sharing and much more thereby making collaboration and communication seamless.
  • With Google Hangouts Chat, we have a single platform where we can get work done hence we are now more productive with this software.
  • The software is easy to use and requires no special training - everything is straightforward
  • The software is affordable
  • Integration with other Google products is easy
  • No bad experiences so far with Google Hangouts Chat.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • I like that it's both attached to my email, and exists in its own app on my laptop.
  • The quick availability to switch from text communication to a video chat.
  • Makes it so much easier to know when other employees are off, and shouldn't be bothered.
  • I wish it was easier to turn the sound off, I hate being in meetings and my chat is blowing up.
  • Needing to "accept" a chat invite from someone within my org seems counter-intuitive.
  • Some people have trouble getting their notifications before midnight, somehow?
  • Prior to downloading the app, group messages didn't come up for me on my computer.
Kristi R-C, CTS, CQT | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Security for kids in school
  • Easy to load
  • Intuitive usage, which makes is more user friendly than things like GoToMeeting
  • I'm not convinced about the security
  • Often "laggy"
  • Audio isn't consistently good--better with headset mic
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • It is user-friendly.
  • Helps encourage multi-tasking in a fast-pace environment.
  • Is easily accessible from Gmail or my desktop.
  • Reminder notifications would be very helpful to ensure nothing is missed.
  • Some sort of alert or chime to get another user's attention.
  • Enables/encourages an increase in workplace gossip.
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