The Hangouts clutter and a measure to organize it

If there is something that characterizes Google it is simplicity. Everything that surrounds the business world founded by Sergei Brin and Larry Page in 1998 is easy to use, dynamic and intuitive. But like any company, not all the steps are correct and there is a history of change, confusion and disorganization behind the world of Hangouts.
Starting in 2005, Google developed different strategies and instant messaging products. Between platforms that no longer exist and others that do, you can find names such as Google Talk, Google+, Google+ Messenger, Google+ Hangouts, Allo, Duo, Google Hangouts Meets, Google Meets, Hangouts Chat, Google Chat and Messages. As can be seen with the dance of names, it does not seem easy for the American firm to define its programs for the courier service.
The latest news about Hangouts and the applications that surround it bring that Google decided to assign a single person in charge of all the communication services it has available. From May 2020, Javier Soltero will deal with Google Meet, Google Chat, Messages, Duo and the Telephone app.

Where do I send messages?

Chances are that when it comes to having conversations on Google one thinks of using Hangouts, whether for companies, Android or between users. The truth is that today there is no longer a single name that provides the same service, so we will try to put it in the easiest way to know what to install if I want to use Hangouts or something similar.
The messaging programs offered by Google can be divided into three. On the one hand the services offered by the G Suite business tools package, on the other hand the alternatives that the user has enabled with a common account on any computer or mobile phone and on the other hand the exclusive applications of mobile phones.
Within G Suite you can use Google Chat and Google Meet. Both changed their names in 2020 as they were previously called Google Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat. One offers the possibility of meeting, sharing files and screens, while the other is a service for exchanging messages between members of a team.
If a person makes a Google account on a computer, they will have access to Hangouts, through which they will be able to communicate with other users with accounts on the platform and, from the moment the service is enabled due to the coronavirus situation, to Google Meet .
On mobile devices, the most important internet company has the Messages and Telephone apps. As their names refer, one is dedicated to managing text messages and the other to offering efficient control of call handling.
In this way, the instant messaging map offered by Google is organized today.

Someone put order

A news for Hangouts and its environment came in May 2020 with the appointment of Javier Soltero in charge of all applications dedicated to the exchange of Google messages.
Soltero was vice president and general manager of the company branch for business G Suite and was the one who transformed Hangouts Video into Google Meet and Hangouts Chat into Google Chat, he also decided to enable the meeting function for all users during the situation unleashed by covid -19.
The executive will now have under his responsibility the Messages, Telephone and Duo applications, that is, all the possibilities that the search engine company has for users to connect.
Speaking to The Verge in May 2020, the new head of Google's messaging services said that at the moment there are no plans to unify any of the applications because he believes that each person chooses for some specific reason the product they want. What you will try to do is to order the offer, modernize it and make a movement similar to what happened with Google Meet and Google Chat.

The latest news on Hangouts and the changes that Google brings to the office that manages it is a new step for the company to set foot in a branch in which it has not been easy to establish itself. Offering so many applications thinking of several different users at the same time may have complicated the picture and created the mess. The designation of Soltero, who did a good job in G Suite, predicts moves to modernize and simplify the offer of programs like Hangouts.