's Hangouts On Air Is Moving Over To YouTube Ve

‘s Hangouts On Air is moving over to YouTube ve

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At some point, may want to consider changing the name of its social network to Minus.

That’s because features routinely are killed off or shifted away, with the latest being Hangouts on Air. According to a YouTube help page update, your live Hangouts broadcasts will move away from + onto YouTube ve on Sept. 12.

Any future scheduled Hangouts for on or after that date will be shifted over to YouTube ve. The native Q&A feature from Hangouts on Air is also being killed off, with recommending broadcasters just use social media or a similar feature inside of Slides.

This move comes just a few days after removed the +1 button requirement to have a + account to leave reviews in the ay Store.

y this matters: As one of ’s most successful products, YouTube is a more natural fit for live streaming. Hangouts had some traction back in 2012 when it launched as live streaming was a relatively new technology, but now it’s pretty mainstream with Facebook ve riscope part of the popular conversation.