2020 and Google is developing another messaging app, to compete with Slack and Microsoft Team

According to information gathered by the channel The Information, Google is developing a new messaging application for businesses that will unify all of the company's services so far. The objective would be to compete with popular apps in the corporate environment, such as Slack, for example.

The sources state that the idea of ​​this future application is to have, in one place, the gmail, Hangouts, Google Drive and video conferences. Having passed internal tests in the company, the app must be incorporated into the G Suite, Google's suite of enterprise applications. The CEO of the company's cloud division, Thomas Kurian, discussed this new application during a conference held in mid-January.

It is not yet known how this application will impact existing applications, and there is no information regarding a web application.

Google's Communication Services

The company is always working on new ways to connect people in a more efficient and practical way. Hangouts, for example, was launched on May 15, 2013 to replace three existing products: Google Talk, Google+ Messenger e Hangouts.

Already Duo was launched in 2016 and is a mobile app made for video calling. In 2019, the web version was supported, making it possible to make calls to contacts through the browser.

Gmail, launched in 2004, revolutionized the webmail system by providing, at the beginning, 1GB of storage space. For comparison, platforms at the time such as Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail offered 6MB and 2MB, respectively. The following year, they created the program “Infinito+”, increasing the storage space, where it increased by about 4 bytes per second.

There is also the Groups, which as the name suggests, connects people who have common interests in a single place and the Google Voice, which is a telecommunications service that uses the prepaid billing system.

However, not all of the company's applications have been successful. In 2016, the company announced the Google Allo, which aimed to compete with messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, but was discontinued in 2019 for not being able to “take a hit”.

There was also the Inbox By Gmail focused on improving the productivity and organization of emails, such as grouping similar emails, receiving Google Now cards, message “snooze” function, etc. However, it was discontinued in 2019 and its functions were incorporated into Gmail.

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