Overview
Google Chat and Google Meet are the new versions of classic Google Hangouts at U-M. Team-based messaging in Google Chat and videoconferencing in Google Meet operate together seamlessly. Learn more about how Google Chat and Google Meet work together (01:30). You can also learn more about other workstream collaboration tools at U-M. This document provides a chart that outlines how Google Chat and Meet compare to classic Google Hangouts.
Chat and Meet vs. Classic Hangouts
This chart outlines how Google Chat and Google Meet compare to classic Google Hangouts.
| ACCESS & SECURITY | |
|---|---|
| Classic Google Hangouts | Google Chat/Google Meet |
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Access via hangouts.google.com and Gmail (no longer accessible as the service is retired) |
Access via chat.google.com/meet.google.com, Gmail, and mobile apps. |
| Mobile-friendly | Mobile-friendly |
| MESSAGING | |
| Classic Google Hangouts | Google Chat |
| Direct messages and group conversations | Direct messages, group conversations, and spaces |
|
Allowed external participants |
While you can add external users to spaces and direct messages, you cannot include external users in group conversations. Refer to Chatting with external users and About spaces and group conversations for more information on external collaboration. |
| Up to 150 chat participants in a group conversation |
Up to 400 participants in group conversations and up to 50,000 participants in spaces. |
|
Hangouts history was searchable in Gmail |
Chat direct messages, conversations, and spaces are searchable in Gmail when the "Chat" section is open. |
|
No workstream collaboration feature |
Chat spaces provide additional group messaging options with interoperability with several Google services like Drive and Tasks. (About spaces and group conversations) |
| VIDEOCONFERENCING | |
| Classic Google Hangouts | Google Meet |
| Allowed for 1:1 and group video calls | 1:1 and group videoconferencing |
|
External participants allowed |
External participants allowed |
| Text chat during meetings | In-meeting chat |
|
Screen share |
Screen share |
| Up to 25 video call participants. |
Up to 100 video call participants. |
| Schedule a meeting within Google Calendar. | Schedule a meeting within Google Calendar or in Google Chat |
| Dial out to phone for meetings. | Dial out to or into phone for a meeting |
For more information, visit Google’s documentation for their new Google Meet and Google Chat:
U-M Google documentation: