This is the only thing I can see when I open google chat:
Can someone help me?
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Sign up to join this communityBy "the new Hangouts" I think that you mean Google Chat (formerly Google Hangouts Chat). It will be available for everyone the next year. In the mean time you could try it sign up to one of the offerings of Google Workspace.
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