I-Google ibilokhu izama iminyaka embalwa ukuthola indlela engcono yokuncintisana ne-Skype. IGoogle Talk yangena emakethe ngo-2005, yaba yisiteshi sokuxhumana phakathi kwabasebenzisi be-Gmail, kwakuyicebo lakwaGoogle ukulwa noMessenger weMicrosoft. Kepha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, iGoogle isebenze ukuze ikwazi uku-onikeza ngomuzwa ongcono womsebenzisi ovumela izingcingo namakholi wevidiyo ukuthi enziwe mahhala. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ama-Hangouts azalwa khona, ipulatifomu eyaba isiteshi esikhulu sokuxhumana phakathi kwabo bonke abasebenzisi be-Gmail abadinga ukwenza amakholi evidiyo nabasebenzisi abangafika kwabangu-15 ndawonye.
Kepha ngemuva kokwethula I-Google DuoKube namahemuhemu amaningi aqale ukukhuluma ngokunyamalala okungenzeka kwama-Hangouts ngaleli elinye iklayenti elisha, iklayenti elitholakala kuphela kuzingxenyekazi ezingamaselula futhi inkinga yalo enkulu ukukhawulwa kwenani labasebenzisi ukwenza amakholi evidiyo. Kungekudala ngemuva kokuthi i-Google yethule Ukuhlangana kwe-Google Hangouts, ipulatifomu entsha igxile emhlabeni webhizinisi walolu hlobo lwensizakalo. Khonamanjalo, ngenkathi iGoogle isiphelile futhi isusa ukungabaza ngekusasa lokushaya kwevidiyo, inkampani esekwe eMountain View usanda kumemezela ukuthi umakadebona weGoogle Talk uzoyeka ukusebenza ngoJuni 26 walo nyaka.
Bekulindelekile, yize okuxakayo ukuthi ngihlale nama-Hangouts isikhathi eside. Abasebenzisi, abambalwa impela, abaqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-Google Talk, bazothola i-imeyili ememezela ukuvalwa kwensiza futhi zizodluliselwa ngokuzenzakalela kuma-Hangouts. I-Google ivame ukucabanga ngayo yonke into, futhi isungule iphrofayli ebizwa nge-Dense Roster ngaphakathi kwezinketho zokumisa, ezizovumela ukunikela ngomuzwa ofanayo nowe-Google Talk, imininingwane evela ku-Google, kodwa nayo ezophela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.