Google Hangouts Reviews

We are using Google Hangouts for video meetings and group chat sessions.

All of our employees are using this solution and it allows them to easily catch up and keep in touch with each other.

What I like best is that once a person starts speaking, you will see immediately who it is.

The group chat is a very good feature, where you can see all of the participants on cameras.

Online sessions are reliable and there are almost no glitches.

I would like to see more focus on features for interacting with the participants in a group chat, such as screen sharing. This would be great.

Having an option for participants to ask questions, like a "raise hand" feature, would be helpful because as it is now, they have to send a message and I have to watch for it. The message might be private for me or sent to the entire group but either way, I have to watch the list of participants all of the time for these messages.

I have been using Google Hangouts for more than six months.

The reliability is very good because there are almost no glitches.

It is more stable than other products.

We have 130 employees in the company and all of us use Google Hangouts. However, I have only used it for sessions with 12 participants. With this number of people, it was fine. 

I have not been in contact with Google's technical support.

I have been working extensively with products like Google Hangouts, Zoom, and Webex to finish various projects. I find that Google Hangouts is more reliable than Zoom. On the other hand, Webex has more features available for interacting with the participants.

We are using the free version of Google Hangouts.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for virtual meetings. 

It works well. It makes having meetings very easy.

The interface is fine.

It is user-friendly, and we have no issues navigating the product. You simply book a meeting, send an invitation, and go into the meeting. That's it. 

The initial setup is very easy.

The solution is stable.

Pricing is very reasonable, and there are multiple licensing tiers to choose from. 

The solution could integrate more automation into the product. 

I've used the solution for five years. 

The stability is very good. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It is reliable. OI'd rate the stability eight out of ten. 

I've never tried to scale the solution. I cannot speak to the scalability process. 

20 to 30 people use the solution in our company.

We do not have plans to increase usage. 

I have never used Google's technical support. 

I did not use any other solution previously. 

I found the initial setup to be very straightforward. It is not overly complex. It's very fast. It takes ten seconds to deploy it and get up and running. 

I am able to handle the initial setup myself in-house. I do not need any consultants or outside assistance. 

There is licensing required. You can choose whichever plan makes sense for your company. The price is okay. It's not overly expensive. 

I do not know which version of the solution we're using.

We're an SMB.

I'd recommend the solution to others. 

I would rate the solution eight out of ten. 

We are using the solution for online meetings. It has become popular when people were working from home.

The most valuable feature of Google Hangouts is its popularity. A lot of people use Google. Since the solution is from Google and many of us use Google solutions regularly, it is easy to use.

The call reliability could improve in Google Hangouts.

I have been using hangouts for a few years.

The stability of Google Hangouts has had some issues, such as video call delays. The stability could improve.

I rate the stability of Google Hangouts an eight out of ten.

We have approximately 100 people using this solution in my organization.

I have not contacted the vendor for support.

I have used Zoom in parallel with Google Hangouts. We use Google Hangouts mostly for internal meetings and Zoom for external meetings.

The initial setup of Google Hangouts is simple.

I did the implementation of the solution myself.

I have not found any profound differences between Google Hangouts to other similar solutions on the market.

There is not any maintenance needed for this solution.

I rate Google Hangouts an eight out of ten.

I use this solution personally for social networking and video calling. 

There is no delete option for messages which could be an added feature in a future release.

I have used this solution for over 15 years. 

This is a stable solution. 

This solution is included in Google Suite and no separate installation is needed. 

I would recommend this solution to other users. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Google Hangouts enables communication between peers.

I like that Google Hangouts has better history features now.

Google Hangouts is not as feature-rich as Slack, but it's sufficient.

I'd like to see more features in this tool in the next release. What they need to do is add more features.

I've been using Google Hangouts for a few years.

Google Hangouts is a stable product. I haven't seen any problems with its stability, so for me, it's stable.

It's hard for me to say if Google Hangouts is scalable, but if we're talking about scalability in terms of users, it allows many, many users.

Installing Google Hangouts was very easy. It comes with the package, e.g. this product comes out-of-the-box to a large extent.

I was able to evaluate Slack and Flowdock.

I have some experience with Zoom, but not so much. We mainly use Google Hangouts, Google Meet, and Slack.

We have several thousand users of Google Hangouts in the company, and we'll probably increase usage for it.

I've never contacted technical support for this product, e.g. currently we have no issues with it.

I'm not recommending Google Hangouts to others. I'm recommending Slack instead.

I'm unsure, but we're probably paying yearly for Google Hangouts.

I'm rating Google Hangouts a seven out of ten.

Its ease of use is most valuable. It is just a click, and you're in the system. 

It is not as stable. They can improve its stability.

I have been using it for probably a couple of years.

It is not as stable.

We have issues when we have multiple users. That's why we use Zoom. If we got a big meeting, we use Zoom.

We have our own support team that manages it, so I let them worry about it.

We use Google Meets for internal meetings, but we use Zoom for client-facing meetings. 

I've used Microsoft teams. It used to be Skype, and now, it is probably Microsoft Teams.

I would advise others to know the purpose of the tool. I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.

The primary use cases of this solution are virtual meetings with colleagues and video conferencing with friends.

The most valuable features are that you don't have to create a separate account, it's easy to use, and you don't have to enter an ID or password to start video conferencing. This is because it is already in your Google account.

Connectivity and voice clarity is good. If I had to rate it out of ten, I would give it an eight. However, there were times when I used Google Hangouts on my phone and the voice quality was bad.

The back button functionality needs to be improved. When you hit the back button, you get out of the meeting. What should happen if you are in a meeting and you press the back button is that you would still be in the meeting but you would be able to see the other available features of your phone or use other apps. With Zoom, you are able to do those things.

They don't have a way to schedule a meeting as you with other solutions. If you compare it to Zoom, in that product you can schedule a meeting and send a link to others. The option it provides is to start a meeting then to invite or add. If you don't know their Gmail address then you can't invite them to join.

Google Hangouts restricts you to those with a Gmail account.

It's not easy to share. If you are with Zoom there is not share or deny, you send a link and they will be able to join you. It's made to be simple.

Once Google Hangouts is launched you are able to start meetings. Your contacts are all listed but only Google Hangouts contacts are available. If someone does not have Google Hangouts then there is no way to invite them to the meetings.

The UI is good, but the transaction needs improvement. The flow from jumping from one screen to another is a bit complicated.

I used Google Hangouts for approximately two months.

I have never contacted technical support.

I stopped using Google Hangouts about a month ago. I now use Zoom or Google Meet for video conferencing. Google Hangouts is complicated and there are many solutions on the market that are more simplified, which is the reason I stopped using it.

The initial setup is straightforward. It's easy and fast. Depending on your internet speed, it only takes a few minutes.

I would not recommend this solution. They have Google Meets, which does the same as Google Hangouts and it has more features. I would advise them to use Google Meets instead.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

We use Google Hangouts as our major mode of communication. I'm a senior executive and we're a user of the solution. 

I like the voice and video calling options because I feel that Google Hangouts has more voice clarity and video clarity than Skype most of the time. It may even be better than Zoom which sometimes lags and tends to crash quite often. 

I'm not completely happy with the message options in Hangouts because for now it's only possible to send pictures, which is unfortunate because I would also like to be able to send documents and other things. I also think that because we've all become very used to using WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, I think they could also include a reply option. 

I sometimes find that the topic that I want to speak to a particular person about, or the topic that we spoke about gets lost among all the words. A reply button would enable me to physically save certain information. 

I've been using Google Hangouts for a couple of years. 

It's a stable solution. I'm enjoying using it. It's all part of Google, so I'm seldom disappointed.

I believe scalability is excellent. They should continue the way they have been and maybe developing some of the features mentioned earlier but scalability is good. 

Like most people, we also use WhatsApp. We've become used to using it for personal and professional purposes. We have lots of groups in our company and among our colleagues where we use WhatsApp for a specific department or specific project. We use both, but I believe Google Hangouts is the perfect place for professionals to come together and work. It's a perfect collaboration space.

I would give this solution a perfect score if they could tweak some of the issues they have such as the messaging. Other than that, I think it's a great product. 

For now, I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.