Desktop: Hangouts For Mac

Since Hangouts is now Google Chat, this is the direct replacement.

Furthermore, Google’s strategy during the Hangouts era was to prioritize its own ecosystem. The most functional “desktop” experience for Hangouts was always on a Chromebook via a dedicated Chrome app (now defunct) or inside Gmail itself. To Google, the Mac desktop was simply another host for Chrome. If you were on a Mac, you were expected to live in the browser. Building a standalone Mac app would have implicitly conceded that the web browser was insufficient for modern communication—a concession Google was unwilling to make. This stubbornness was a direct mirror of Apple’s own behavior: Apple refused to put iMessage on Windows or Android for strategic lock-in, just as Google refused to build Hangouts for Mac for strategic web supremacy. hangouts for mac desktop

Source: Green, R. (2017). Google Hangouts on Mac: A Comparison with Other Video Conferencing Apps. TechRadar. Since Hangouts is now Google Chat, this is

This article compares Google Hangouts on Mac with other popular video conferencing apps, such as Skype, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. The article evaluates the features, pricing, and performance of each app, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of Hangouts. To Google, the Mac desktop was simply another