You can open Google Hangouts in Gmail to chat with others, but you will need to send an invite if the contact is not yet on Hangouts.

Google is pushing Chat as a tool for team collaboration – and in a move aimed squarely at Slack users – it has added its own “Huddles”. The instant voice meeting option will be available in direct ...

You can enable the camera on Google Hangouts on a computer or mobile device, though there are system requirements for the desktop version.

Google Chat is rolling out support for video messages, which could make users’ interactions more personal. For now, you can only record video messages using the web client, but you can view received ...

To let you get more done in one screen, Google Chat on the web is getting a split pane UI. The Home page today lists all your conversations in an edge-to-edge view with a click opening the space, ...