1/ When talking about Google's messaging strategy, discussions often get confusing because of the difference between what a product is *for* vs. who has *access to* a product. @juberti does a good job simply outlining who our apps are *for* here:

https://twitter.com/juberti/status/1070569357674070018

2/ Google has two types of accounts, std Google Accounts (sometimes called consumer, free, or gmail accounts, let's use GA), and G Suite accounts. GA accounts have (or will have) access to Duo, Messages, Chat, and Meet. G Suite accounts the same, provided the admin allows.

@sdmouton @wycats @hallstephenj No question the naming is confusing. If we still called this Google Talk, I think we would be having different conversations. Apologies it came off as a tirade, my intention was to explain, not vent. So let me try again... @sdmouton @wycats @hallstephenj 1/ All users will have access to Chat and Meet, just like Gmail, Docs, Drive, etc. Right now Chat and Meet are only available to G Suite users, but this will change in 2019. Hangouts classic supports team messaging and what we call ad-hoc video calls.

@hallstephenj 1/ I can't comment on your sourcing, since I don't have any details. The frustrating part about your reporting is it leaves the reader to jump to dramatic conclusions, because it is only half the story. Hangouts users will be migrated to Chat and Meet. @hallstephenj 2/ So while that will result in the eventual shut down of Hangouts classic (as we now call it), it doesn't imply we are ending support for the use case supported by the product: messaging and meetings.