Is there hope for GTalk now?

Please bring back GTALK. https://t.co/DHo25s7B0L

— Monish Kumar (@_monishkumar) May 7, 2020

Google has a new head of messaging products: https://t.co/nrx8V7Cf4P

Which 18-month gig would you rather have?

— nilay patel (@reckless) May 7, 2020

Noooooooooooooo. Where is the fun in that??? https://t.co/0uW9CJv3JI

— Andreas Proschofsky (@suka_hiroaki) May 7, 2020

Ah yes. A reorg, that’ll solve all the problems https://t.co/9DiA9Rpmfh

— Jeremy Conrad (@nomadicnerd) May 7, 2020

seems like lack of communication between various communications tools team has led to a communication that all communications will now be consolidated under 1 person. https://t.co/EHHCduIF9H

— Manan ??‍♂️ (@manan) May 7, 2020

Google is moving all of its communications apps under a single boss. That doesn’t mean everything will be fixed tomorrow (or integrated ever), but it should mean more coherency going forward. Details: https://t.co/ysIrJZolxW pic.twitter.com/Nbt1KyEMvp

— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) May 7, 2020

Wait - they weren’t all under the same team before?! https://t.co/3EUBE1U7Vw

— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) May 7, 2020

they certainly found the right person to lead it -- Go @jsoltero ! https://t.co/UycXXPjY2R

— rohit (@rohit_x_) May 7, 2020

Lol. Is it called Wave? https://t.co/XEncxVCMXw

— dragos novac (@drnovac) May 7, 2020

Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team https://t.co/SimzE5EsjI pic.twitter.com/NIkFUDciqT

— The Verge (@verge) May 7, 2020

Google は全てのメッセージングとコミュニケーションアプリを一つの組織下に統合すると発表しました。HangoutsをMeetへの移行する動きも加速するとの見方がVergeの記事にも記載されています。https://t.co/jymKe6CCAX

— Chico@ブロギングライフ (@BloggingLifeJP) May 7, 2020

Google Brings Together All of Its Messaging Apps Under One Unified…Team.https://t.co/eCKuqgTTgM

— Droid Life (@droid_life) May 7, 2020

Google unifies messenger teams, plans “more coherent vision” https://t.co/ATR12MkpNK

— Ron Amadeo (@RonAmadeo) May 8, 2020

Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team https://t.co/HOS7StIuEz pic.twitter.com/tZDVP2ZXYp

— The Verge (@verge) May 8, 2020

Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team - The Verge https://t.co/SIsRbC4l8u

— Evan Kirstel #Staysafe #MasksForAll #RemoteWork (@evankirstel) May 8, 2020

They did this when Hangouts was under the code name “Babel”. They also did this when developing Allo and Duo.

This time is no different, folks. https://t.co/CcRLNx7lgx

— ˗ˏˋ Vinoth Ragunathan ˊˎ˗ (@helvetiica) May 8, 2020

You have to wonder:
A) Does this matter?
B) Why wasn't this done before? https://t.co/bfniAL2noF

— Emil Protalinski (@EPro) May 7, 2020

I'll take bullshit for $500, Alex.https://t.co/sp9Q9MOKEJ

— Killed by Google ? (@killedbygoogle) May 7, 2020