Google Chat and Google Meet features

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.

Google Chat and Meet compared with classic Google Hangouts

This chart outlines how Google Chat and Google Meet at U-M will improve on classic Hangouts. ( Same feature, Missing feature)

ACCESS & SECURITY
Classic Google Hangouts	Google Chat/Google Meet
hangouts.google.com and in Gmail	chat.google.com, meet.google.com, in Gmail, and via mobile apps.
Hangouts is a Google at U-M Core Service	Google Chat and Google Meet are Google at U-M Core Services.
Mobile-friendly	Mobile-friendly, with some improvements.
MESSAGING
Classic Google Hangouts	Google Chat
1:1 and group conversations	1:1 and group messages.
External participants	While you can add external users to spaces and 1:1 messages, you cannot include external users in group messages. Refer to Chatting with external users and Chat and classic Hangouts interoperability for more information on external collaboration.
Up to 150 chat participants in a group conversation.	Up to 8,000 participants in a space.
Search Hangouts history in Gmail	/ Search within Chat app and at chat.google.com includes a filter by sender and attachment. You can only search 1:1 history in Gmail, not group message or space history.
	Spaces provide additional group messaging options (About spaces and group conversations).
	Threads allow separate conversations with the same people. You can follow or mute threads.
	Use bots to automate processes.
	Access Google Drive from within Chat to attach files.
	Attached Google Drive files become viewable to everyone in the space.
VIDEOCONFERENCING
Classic Google Hangouts	Google Meet
1:1 and group video calls.	1:1 and group video calls.
External participants through meeting link.	External participants through meeting link/ID.
Text chat during meetings.	Text chat during meetings.
Present documents or the entire screen.	Present documents or the entire screen.
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 using the Meet bot.
Dial-out to phone for meetings.	Dial-out to phone for a meeting or dial-into a meeting with a phone.
	On mobile devices view high-resolution content and pinch-to-zoom.

For more information, visit Google’s documentation for their new Google Meet and Google Chat:

• Google Chat Help Center
• Google Meet Help Center

Also, see U-M Google documentation:

• Getting Started with Google Chat
• Getting Started with Google Meet