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How will Google's expiration of Hangouts affect Poly/Obi Boxes?

Started by FRUGALFREAK, January 14, 2020, 04:06:13 PM

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FRUGALFREAK

"Google Hangouts (expected shutdown date: June 2020): Google's communication app, Hangouts, is still...hanging out, despite a plan announced by the company in 2017 to eventually phase out the legacy app. Google hopes to transition existing G Suite Hangouts users to a new app - Hangouts Chat and Meet - by June 2020, after much delay. After the G Suite transition, Google said consumer Hangouts users will also be migrated to Chat and Meet, although it is unclear when that would occur."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johanmoreno/2020/12/30/google-graveyard-these-google-services-will-disappear-in-2020/#6264917e5edd

Was curious if the change will have an affect on the Obi & Google partnership and compatibility..

SteveInWA

Don't rely on Forbes for technology reporting.

There is absolutely no impact to Google Voice OBiTALK users.  Google Voice has been completely re-engineered to provide direct VoIP calling function, without Hangouts.