Users value Google Hangouts for its easy use, integration with Google Suite, and features like screen sharing and video calling. Its reliability includes better audio/video clarity than some competitors. It supports group chat, online meetings, collaboration on Google Docs, and easy navigation of integrated features like Google Calendar. Users appreciate its stability, lack of time limits on meetings, and robust chat functionality, all contributing to effective communication and collaboration.
- "We use transcriptions to document meetings, which is important for productivity."
- "I find that Google Hangouts is very quick and easy to create a meeting, which is its biggest benefit."
- "The interface is simple and not complex."
Google Hangouts could enhance integration with diverse platforms and improve features like scheduling, screen sharing, and file transfers. Users suggest introducing a recording option, improving connectivity for poor connections, and allowing more flexibility for anonymous users without Google accounts. Enhancing user interface simplicity, increasing resolution options, and expanding participant interaction features like a virtual whiteboard, raise-hand functionality, and meeting attendance tracking would align Hangouts more closely with competitors such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
- "One improvement could be integration with Google Calendar to help find available timeslots when scheduling meetings with many participants."
- "Sometimes, due to system restrictions, I can't use blur effects or other filters."
- "The platform's screen-sharing feature and the participant panel could be improved."
