Google Chat: what is it and when is it out?

New messaging service will allow Android users to send texts over data networks

Google Pixel
Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were released last October
(Image credit: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images)

Google has announced plans to completely overhaul the way users of its Android smartphones message each other.

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