Google Hangouts Down

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They should have hired that SDE who went 7 for 8 in their interviewing...

So is the XMPP access to GChat.

Official status page: http://www.google.com/appsstatus

Thread: http://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=issue&sid=22&iid=9c...

This is a very good free replacement - https://www.awesometalk.com/

Only if I can convince my friends to use it.

That seems to be just a video chat service. Hangouts is much, much more than that.

While Google's initial push of Hangouts angered me as much as anyone, I have since accepted its ways:

- true multi-device chat, the whole chat conversation is visible between from various devices. XMPP never got that right

- easy multi-user chat, no need to create a special room, just invite the people

- in-line images and animated gifs

- see who's read what in the chat (an oft-missed feature: look for other user's thumbnail pics in the chat: it's below the latest message they've seen)

- easy multi-device voice and video chat, with volume management that just works (like or better than Skype IMHO) and proper conferencing features (ability to mute others)

Now, as an XMPP aficionado, I just wish they'd open their protocol...

Looks like spreadsheets in Google Docs as well.

Spreadsheets have been down for around the last hour for me

I hope they're fixing it. Hangouts, Google Talk, Gmail (chat), Google+..... you know!

So is the embedded chat in Gmail.

Well it's using Hangout I think?

A rise in productivity around the globe incoming.

Google Voice also (at least the web interface)

Explains the issues I've had with texting.

Mortal afterall...

Just a backdoor update, will be back shortly.

You really think they have to sustain downtime in order to update some software?

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