[clement_b]

> Important: To use the new view, you must turn on Chat in Gmail and set Chat to the left hand panel. Learn how to turn on Chat in Gmail.

"c'mon, use our messaging products again"

[ainar-g]

How many of these have they killed already? Google Talk, Google Pie, Google Plus to an extent. Which ones am I missing?

[justanothstr]

Google Hangouts, Google Allo, &c. The list goes on.

[andrewSC]

Google Wave too!

[s_dev]

Google Duo, Google Messenger, Google Wave, Google Answers

[mjrpes]

Google Duo is still alive.

Google Messenger got renamed to Android Messages, so less a death, more a cosmetic surgery?

[taeric]

I want to say this is a tired complaint. But it just keeps hitting true. Just, wow.

[captn3m0]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-...

[WithinReason]

Another 261:

https://killedbygoogle.com/

[xscott]

They also made SMS over Google Voice a second class citizen.

[p1mrx]

What on earth is Google Pie?

[ainar-g]

Apparently, it wasn't originally by Google, but rather acquihired by them.

https://web.archive.org/web/20151226091156/https://www.pie.c...

This thing.

[fitblipper]

I guess its good to know how to avoid getting pulled into yet another UI refresh that I do not want. Google's new chat system doesn't appeal to me even a little bit.