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The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts

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Re: The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts

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Post by vtesucks »

nyrulez wrote: post #5

It has to hurt somewhere inside Google to kill Allo but not Duo. I honestly expected the opposite given the original push behind these apps. The problem with all these messaging experiences is that none of them work well on both dekstop and mobile. They seem to be optimized one way or the other. If Google had a Telegram like experience (my favorite messaging app by far) along with their meetings app, their messaging…

> telegram like experience

Surely you don't mean fast, cross-platform and saves chat? Because google talk is dead

Re: The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts

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Post by dorfsmay »

The last time I used messages it made a point not to let me chose if I wanted to use SMS vs google own protocol, and I felt I was a weapon for google to bring more users to their ecosystem.

The last time I used hello and duo they needed either a phone or a smartphone or both.

For me a messaging system should not require to have a phone number and should equally well across a range of devices including Linux desktop.

Hangouts and zoom can do it, why would other apps not do it?

Re: The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts

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Post by bonsai80 »

I may need to read that mess several more times to understand what they're doing, but from what I gather if I just want to do video chat with family with Google stuff, I'll need to use their "Duo" app. Does anyone use that and know if it also works in a browser (preferably Firefox)?

Re: The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts

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Post by devereaux »

When google voice was introduced, I ported my phone number. It was nice to use the service. Before that, I had a grandstream ATA. The service was great.

Now, everyday feels worse. Last month, I was traveling abroad and had more important things to do than to confirm the cellular number linked to voice was still mine. So google decided not just to stop redirecting phonecalls, but also to stop me from calling using the dialer app.

Basically, my "phone privileges" was unilaterally revoked by google because I did not obey the phone number verification procedure.

I have previously checked companies like callcentric, but it is now one of my priority. I can't entrust google with my phone service in 2019.

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