UGoogle uzama ukufumana eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokukhuphisana neSkype iminyaka embalwa. INtetho yeGoogle yafika kwimarike ngo-2005, yaba yindlela yokunxibelelana phakathi kwabasebenzisi be-Gmail, yayiyisicwangciso sikaGoogle sokulwa noMthunywa weMicrosoft. Kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha, uGoogle uye wasebenza ukuze akwazinikezela ngamava angcono omsebenzisi ngokuvumela iifowuni kunye neefowuni zevidiyo ukuba zenziwe simahla. Kulapho kwazalwa i-Hangouts, iqonga elaye laba yeyona ndlela yonxibelelwano phakathi kwabo bonke abasebenzisi be-Gmail abafuna ukwenza iifowuni zevidiyo kunye nabasebenzisi abali-15 kunye.
Kodwa emva kokuqaliswa kwe Google Duo, Kwakukho amahemuhemu amaninzi awaqala ukuthetha malunga nokunyamalala okunokwenzeka kwee-Hangouts ngenxa yomnye umxhasi omtsha, umxhasi ofumaneka kuphela kumaqonga eefowuni kunye neyona ngxaki yakhe iphambili ifumaneka ekunciphiseni inani labasebenzisi ukwenza iifowuni zevidiyo. Kungekudala emva kokuba uGoogle ebonise Ukuhlangana kwe-Hangouts kaGoogle, iqonga elitsha ligxininise kwihlabathi lezoshishino kolu hlobo lwenkonzo. Ngeli xesha, ngelixa uGoogle esenziwa kwaye esusa amathandabuzo malunga nekamva leefowuni zevidiyo, inkampani esekwe kwiMountain View. usandula ukubhengeza ukuba igqala likaGoogle Talk liza kuyeka ukusebenza nge-26 kaJuni walo nyaka.
Bekulindelekile, nangona into emangalisayo kukuba iye yahlala kunye neeHangouts ixesha elide. Abasebenzisi, abancinci ngokwenene, abaqhubeka nokusebenzisa iGoogle Talk, baya kufumana i-imeyile ebhengeza ukuvalwa kwenkonzo kunye. Zizakusiwa ngokuzenzekelayo kwiHangouts. I-Google idla ngokucinga ngayo yonke into, kwaye isungule ngaphakathi kweenketho zoqwalaselo iprofayile ebizwa ngokuba yiDense Roster, eya kuvumela ukuba ibonelele ngamava afanayo neGoogle Talk, ingcaciso kwicala likaGoogle, kodwa nayo iya kunyamalala ngokuhamba kwexesha.