Hangouts Chat vs Chat in Gmail

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This KB Article References: Google Chat
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Last Updated: August 11, 2020
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Starting July, 2020, the classic chat in Gmail will be replaced by Google (Hangouts) Chat. 

See Chat and classic Hangouts interoperability for more on how the two systems work together.

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