# clm_7F3980F880A4

subject: Google (/record/google.md)  
predicate: released  
value: Google Hangouts  
valid_from: 2013-05-15  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-10-30  
confidence: 0.60  
status: unverified  
assertable: false (unverified: Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it.)  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-10-31  
cite: AsOf. "Google released: Google Hangouts", as of 2013-05-15. Claim clm_7F3980F880A4, https://asof.is/claim/clm_7F3980F880A4, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13231451.  
checked: 2026-10-30 · its source page states the value and the date  

> The story of Google Hangouts’ fractured development and eventual launch reveals quite a bit about how the company is changing from a place where tiny projects are initiated at random into one that’s being forced to organize and coordinate across products.

What http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4318830/inside-hangouts-googles-big-fix-for-its-messaging-mess says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13231451 (secondary, Wikidata)
- http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/15/4318830/inside-hangouts-googles-big-fix-for-its-messaging-mess (secondary)

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