Useless app. What is the point of this app without having ah direct call and video chat function. With chat you first have to call the person you want to talk to with another app or the phone. Almost as if Google wants to go back in time. Update 12 Feb: I have been try to avoid this useless app and have been using Hangouts. Since today, Hangouts has been shut down (at least in the UAE). I can only urge Google to add the call functionality, which they promised for Q4 2021.