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Google's messaging mess continues: Chat app now wants to be the next WhatsApp

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Google's messaging mess continues: Chat app now wants to be the next WhatsApp

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Android@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

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Google now wants you to use its Hangout-replacing business collaboration Chat app to talk to friends and family, just like WhatsApp.

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I just realized that “Google Chat” and “Chat Messages” are to complete different things. Insane.
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  Seems they took a page out of Microsoft’s book on naming products.

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