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.

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.

The solution is being used for video calls. 

Its integration with Google is the most valuable feature. 

The improvement needs to be done as per customer requirements.

I have been using Google Hangouts for six months. 

The stability is good. I rate the stability a nine out of ten. 

I moved from Zoom to Google because I have a Google account. 

The initial setup is straightforward. 

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.

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 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. 

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.