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Further Reading Google is turning Hangouts into a Slack competitor Google Voice users will also be affected, but not as much as Hangouts-only users. The rule only applies to messages sent and received with your carrier phone number—all SMS messages sent with your Google Voice number will remain unaffected. Their Google Voice messages will be unaffected and will still be available in Google Hangouts," the e-mail states.

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But Google has a plethora of chat apps, so while Hangouts users may be annoyed at being forced out of their primary SMS app, they have other options. Arguably the best of those options would be Android Messages, Google's renamed Messages app and the default RCS app for Android users, but there's also the text-based app Allo and the mobile-only video chat app Duo as well.

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Further Reading Google is turning Hangouts into a Slack competitor. Valentina Palladino Valentina reviews consumer electronics for Ars Technica, testing all kinds of gadgets with a focus on mobile devices and wearables. You can dig into more of your options, broken down by category, at the Google Assistant website.

There are also differences between devices, so there are certain things you can do on your phone and other things you can do with a Google Home speaker or with an Android TV. Do you want to know more about what you can do with Google Assistant?

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