Can someone explain Google's logic behind messaging in Android?

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Messenger is still around because stuff prior to android 4.0 can't run hangouts.

For all the Android people using the latest OS, just use hangouts. Be sure to merge SMS and hangouts conversations for each contact.
 

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Handouts is fine. I just text and use the Google voice. Wtf are y'all doing?
 

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Handouts is fine. I just text and use the Google voice. Wtf are y'all doing?
People like things to be simple and organized. Google is all over the place when it comes to communication. I don't think even Google knows what will happen with Voice at this point...that shyt has been a mess for YEARS now. Want Fi? You have to use your google voice number to do so.

Google+ is a disaster and they tried to force it down people's throats on YouTube as well.

Messenger will eventually go away on newer android devices, but they can't drop it for a few years because so many people in the world were still using goddamn GINGERBREAD in 2014. In early 2014 I think Gingerbread still accounted for about 20% of the android platform and just recently finally seems to be dying off. Most are on KitKat now.
 

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Hangouts is now going to be using Peer-to-peer connections.

I'll still be using Google Messenger, because I just couldn't give a shyt.
 

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The real question is... why don't Android users just use Hangouts? :huh:

I've never heard of this "Messenger" app that you speak of
These dudes just killed Hangouts on phones... Hangouts no longer supports SMS messaging on my phone
:francis:

How many messaging apps do these guys have and why?
 

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I can't send photos in messages in Google Voice on my phone either.
 
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I switched to iOS about two months after this thread. Had enough of the messaging woes. There are many things I miss about Android, but nothing that outweighs the messaging experience improvements of iMessage.

Downright shameful that they still haven't fixed messaging yet not surprising to hear that they've managed to make it worse. :francis:
 

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If more Americans traveled, more of us would KNOW about Whatsapp. I had to damn near fight my friends to use it when I moved back to the US from the EU. :snoop:


it can now
I have Whatsapp for my coworkers who live in Argentina but that's about it.

Hangouts still may be fine for me because I'm on Sprint and it's integrated with Google Voice, so them removing SMS from it might not even effect me
:whew:
 

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I switched to iOS about two months after this thread. Had enough of the messaging woes. There are many things I miss about Android, but nothing that outweighs the messaging experience improvements of iMessage.

Downright shameful that they still haven't fixed messaging yet not surprising to hear that they've managed to make it worse. :francis:

Google has the best technology in the industry but Apple has probably the best product team.

I think Google is more engineer focused so you tend to have engineers making product decisions which imo is a no no.

Steve Jobs was so sucessful because he was a product guy and apple was one of the first companies that put product first and not cutting edge tech or simply worring only about the financials.

Tim cook is a supply chain guy which is why some people say Apple hasnt been the same after Steve. IMO Tim is an amazing CEO BUT Apple does not have a Product person that was on steves level OR Tim might have some disconnect on the Product side.
 
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