Google Maps has had its own chat platform since 2018, but it's shutting down in July.

Another body to add to the Google Graveyard™. Anyone ever actually use this feature?

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Never even knew this was a thing. Sounds like it could’ve been handy if I’d known about it.

  • archchan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    I glanced at the headline and for an instant thought that it said they are killing off Google Maps and got excited because OpenStreetMaps could finally shine.

    • Ghostface@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      OSM can shine, but I still end up back on Waze or maps depending where I am…

      Apple maps took a while to be a drop in replacement too

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    I miss Google Talk. The original desktop application from the time before “app” was commonplace. It had a clean interface, uncluttered unlike AIM, and the voice calls were high quality.

    Hangouts was worse than it in just about every way. Nowadays I just use discord since everyone else is using it as well.

  • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    I used this a lot to check in with businesses whether they accept credit cards, which is a 50:50 in Europe and large parts of Asia.

    Last time I used it this Monday in Germany.

  • nucleative@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    Thank God. I own a business and this thing was obnoxious. Google promoted it heavily as a feature businesses should turn on to improve ranking. But it was junk.