Google Hangouts launched in 2013 as Google's messaging and video calling platform, replacing Google Talk, and its interface sounds became familiar to remote teams and families. This join chime, saved in files dated 2015, was played whenever a contact entered a Hangout call. After Hangouts was phased out in favour of Google Meet and Chat in 2022, the sound survived on soundboards and in edits as a nostalgic shorthand for someone coming online, logging in, or arriving in a group call.