The old Google Chat app was built with Electron, a framework for developing apps using the server-side JavaScript runtime, node.js, and Google's high-powered JavaScript engine, V8.

Google didn't offer a desktop client at launch, and in our opinion, that held it back. It simply hasn't performed too well in app charts -- even though it gives people access to Google's coveted ...

Internet search giant Google has launched a new Google Chat standalone app. Launched as a Progressive Web App (PWA), Google says that the new app will work with any desktop device — that runs on ...