so if you are a Google fan you've gone through this multiple times before maybe with Google
Reader maybe it was Google Plus maybe it was a court or something occurred or something like
that but I'm here today to explain all of googles messaging tools what they are what they do this is
kind of a beginning of a tutorial where I will go through all six of them and show you what accounts
they're connected to and obviously we're in a weird time right now because some of the ones
that are 4G suite accounts have been made free to the public and so they won't always be there
let's let's jump in and just explain and talk about which ones there are so there are these six
that you see on the screen there's Google Chat there's Google meet there's Google duo there's
Google Voice there's Google Hangouts which is going away we think at least that's what they've
said and then there's Google messages and we'll talk about each one and what those are compared
to and what they're trying to replace but Google Hangouts is one of the ones that is going by the
wayside that was something that was announced a couple years ago and it looks like in July of
2020 that's going to go away so Google Hangouts is the longest-running service it's going to go
away in July it will be offered only to consumer accounts that have a Gmail or a Google Mail email
address and you can find that so if we go over here as I scroll over on hangouts google.com I'm
connected with my school account those of you that are familiar with Google Hangouts you can do a
video call a phone call or a message which I know it seems weird you can also do this on your phone
so the new one right is Google meat which used to be called Google Hangouts meat this was available
just for G suite users until a couple weeks ago when they announced Google announced that it would
be free for everybody this is a video conferencing tool it is very similar to zoom or loom or so not
lumba zoom or some of the other online Skype where you can have meetings online with multiple people
you can share images you can share videos you can share screens this is more of a conferencing tool
used for education business and the medical field so that is Google meat next we have Google Chat
Google Chat which was previously called hangouts chat is a paid team chat service as part of the
G suite it looks like this we can write have chats and those of you that are familiar with slack this
is Google's alternative or replacement of slack you can have team channels or rooms you can have
BOTS that jump in and do specific things for you again this is a breakdown of all six of them and
we'll go into more details in future tutorials the links will be down here once everything is
done okay next we have Google duo Google duo which I have not signed up for because I use
another service right is Google's version of FaceTime it's one on one video chats both
on the phone and on the computer can be found at duo google.com they've just announced that
you're going to be able to have more people on a duo so it will be more like house party and some
of the other Google Apps where they go from here I don't know but that is Google duo next we have
Google messages right which is very similar to iMessage this allows you to send messages that
connect with your phone and this is works more through Android it's an SMS message service where
you can get text messages through your phone this has been around for a couple years and the latest
push through Android it looks like it's been updated on all the phones you have to turn this
on on your phone in order for it to work through through your phone through the chat services it's
very similar those of you that are Apple fans and I've been using Apple for five or six years
iMessages has been around for a long time those are the five services the last one right which
is Google Voice Google Voice allows you if I can get to it there we go Google Voice allows you to
select a random phone number that is connected with your phone through Android that lets you
mask your phone number make calls and send text messages this is something as an educator that
we're using a lot right now because we don't want our personal cell phones to be out there but you
can find this by going to voice google.com those are six Google messaging services below after I
get all those tutorials done this is just a quick overview and the differences and similarities
between all of the Google messaging services if you're here it's because you search for it or if
somebody has sent you this link I appreciate you I love you and I'm glad that you're here