Google finally provides timeline for the Hangouts transition to Chat
(Android Central)

G Suite customers now know when they need to move to Chat and Meet — the rest of us, not so much. Following the kerfuffle around the `shutdown` of Hangouts late last year, Google now has a hard-set timeline for the transition from the old `classic` Hangouts (which we all know) to the new Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet products. At least, for those who use Hangouts in an enterprise capacity using Google`s paid G Suite service. Here`s the breakdown: Google finally has a timeline for moving G Suite customers over to Chat — consumers can expect at least another year. On April 16, 2019, Google Vault (the enterprise data storage service) will stop protecting classic Hangouts messages in accordance with current Mail retention rules — data retention will be unified under one policy with classic Hangouts and Chat. G Suite administrators will then be able to manage both classic Hangouts and Chat with a single control panel, and will have the option to forcibly disable...