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Facebook’s promised “awesome” new feature failed to excite critics, but the new Skype-powered in-browser video chat service is probably a welcome addition for Facebook users. Skype-powered video ...

by Rob Williams — Thursday, April 21, 2016, 11:58 AM EDT In case it hasn't proven obvious enough up to this point, Facebook cares a lot about its Messenger platform. When the company decided to force ...

From virtual cocktail hours to online classrooms, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned Zoom into everyone’s go-to social network. Now Facebook wants to kick the video-conferencing interloper off its turf.

In theory, Google Hangouts were a good idea from inception. The free video chats worked for everything from business meetings to personal interaction and even recording webcasts. It also offered ...

Android wouldn’t be Android if it weren’t for a handful of core apps and experiences, many of them offered by Google themselves, and Hangouts has arguably become one of them. While there are many more ...

Android: Previously mentioned hands-free driving app Drivemode has a lot of great features, but it just added a great one—the ability to respond to messages in almost any texting app with your voice.

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

Google this week announced that its workplace chat app for Mac, PC, iOS, and Android, called "Hangouts Chat," has come out of the Early Adopter Program beta and will be available to anyone who pays ...