Google Hangouts Reviews

I use Google Hangouts for both chat and online meetings.

The most valuable feature is the seamless integration with Google Suite. For example, in Google Calendar, if you set a meeting then it will automatically prepare the google Meet or Google Hangouts meeting for you.

It gives you the ability to make online presentations, and there is a little-known tool that allows you to use it as a remote desktop.

It is very easy to use and is available as soon as you open a Google account.

The recently added noise-cancellation feature works well.

I would like to see support for showing virtual backgrounds.

A better resolution that is capable of showing hi-resolution videos would be useful.

The capability of transferring files through chat, other than just images and videos, would be useful. There are some workarounds for it, but they are not as robust as the other features. Most other messenger allows you to send files through chat.

I have been using Google Hangouts for several years, since 2012.

I use it every day and the stability is pretty good. It has never quit on me except in the case where my internet connection was down. Basically, if you have a working internet connection then it's up.

I have not tested the scalability, but I have been part of meetings with more than 100 participants. My understanding is that it can handle up to 250 concurrent users in a meeting. For our purposes at work, it has been good.

I have never been in contact with technical support.

I also use Zoom and Microsoft teams, although not as extensively as Hangouts. Zoom allows you to show a virtual background, which is a nice feature. Also, most other messengers support sending generic files through chat, whereas Google Hangout supports sending images and videos only.

One problem with Zoom is that you can only have chats when you're in a video conference, whereas with Hangouts, it's real-time. The chat box is always there. I have never used the chat feature in Microsoft Teams.

I have not explored the integration between Teams and Microsoft Office.

Running Hangouts for the first time is pretty seamless. Once you have a Google account, there is no setup that is needed. You simply log in and it's there.

It was easy to set up on my own.

This solution is available for free with the opening of a Google account.

My advice for anybody who is looking to start using Google Hangouts is that it is plug-and-play, and comes free with Google Suite. The minute you have a Google account, it's already there. It is easy to use and works right out of the box.

Having more than 100 people in a meeting is pretty good.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We use Google Hangouts for virtual meetings.

The most valuable features are integration with the calendar and video conference equipment.

The ease of navigation is good, as we can easily share data and screens.

The session recording feature is useful.

There is a significant problem with performance when you have a poor connection. In these cases, it does not do a very good job of stopping the video automatically. The algorithm should be improved to automatically deal with poor connections in a better way.

In the future, we would like to have support for multiple speakers at the same time.

We would like to have a registry of attendance created automatically to show us who is in the session.

I have been using Google Hangouts for more than two years.

When you have somebody that is in a place with a poor connection, the performance is not as good. While this must be a problem with all of these products, I think that the algorithm should stop the video automatically when somebody has a poor connection.

We have been in contact with technical support, although not for the issue of boosting performance by compensating for a poor connection.

We have used Polycom and Skype. We found that Polycom is very good but it is very expensive and not for the masses. We found that Skype was very good as well, except that it doesn't integrate with your collaborative tools.

My advice to anybody who is considering this solution is not to try anything else if you are already using Google Suite as your collaborative tool in the company. Basically, if you are using G-Suite then you should be using Google Hangouts because it works.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Google Meet is a clear and simple solution. If we are having network issues, it works better than other solutions. It allows us to share files during meetings. The free version is APN flexible, and installation is easy.

Google Meet could be more secure.

We have been using this solution for about two months.

It is stable.

It is scalable, and I rate the scalability a ten out of ten. We have less than five people using this solution.

We use a paid version of Microsoft Teams and Google Meet when we have network issues.

It has a straightforward setup and is not hard to complete.

I recommend Google Meet to others, and I rate it a ten 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. 

We use Google Hangouts for internal chats and file transfers.

Google Hangouts is easy to use and intuitive.

Google Hangouts could work on making the service better for slow connections.

I have been using Google Hangouts for approximately two years.

The solution is stable.

Google Hangouts is scalable.

I did not contact support because the solution is very easy to use.

I have previously used Zoom. I have found that Google Hangouts hand Zoom operates fairly similarly.

the setup of Google Hangouts was very easy. It did not take long to start using it, it was very quick.

I would recommend this solution to others. My children at school use it all the time at school.

I rate Google Hangouts a ten out of ten.

I use Google Hangouts for virtual meetings.

Google Hangouts is easy to use and has good performance.

The solution can improve by having more integration with different platforms.

I have been using Google Hangouts for a couple of years.

The solution is stable, it has high availability.

I have found Google Hangouts to be scalability is good.

We have 300 users using this solution in my organization.

I have not needed to contact the support.

I have previously used Skype.

The installation was straightforward and did not take very long.

I did the implementation myself.

We have four administrations for the support of the solution.

There is an annual subscription to use this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Google Hangouts a ten out of ten.

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.

The most valuable features are the chat features and the video conferencing features that enable more than two or three people to be connected at a time.

There should be more space for multiple users at a time so that multiple people can connect, can share, and even transfer control to another colleague, employer, student, etc. 

Another feature I want to add is a meeting date to schedule meetings or if I want a meeting after two days, I would like to have a reminder and a note.

I have been using Google Hangouts for ten years. 

The current version is stable.

It is scalable. We have around 1,500 users.

We don't use technical support. We are multiple users and we have more features than other colleagues. 

We also use Zoom. Zoom has more control options than Google Hangouts because a presenter can give control to another colleague or student. If anyone wants to ask any question, they can raise their hand to ask a question, can send a message or can ask the presenter to give them control, or they can annotate at a certain time. They have more features. We can also send voice messages with Zoom.

I would rate it a six out of ten. The security is already there but there should be more ability to share features. The other feature they should include is Zoom control; if one colleague wants to give control to another, there can be two, three or four sharing their presentations.