Chapter 15
Chatting with Friends and Family
IN THIS CHAPTER
Chatting and messaging with Google Chat
Discovering Google Meet for video conferencing
Figuring out Google Voice basics
Using Zoom to stay in touch with friends and family
Keeping track of everyone with Google Contacts
A stand-up comic mused about the paradigm shift from landline phones to mobile phones, remarking on how calling a phone number used to mean calling a place without knowing who was there, but today it means calling a person, no matter where that person is. Fast forward to today. People can communicate with text, audio, and even video, no matter where they are, with a pocket-size device. What a time to be alive.
Google is in transition with its video and text chat apps. Google Hangouts, Google’s former video chat service, has been replaced by two new products, Chat and Meet. Chat is Google’s instant messaging service, while Meet is Google’s fully featured audio and video conferencing service. Google also offers ...
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