So basically - "If you need to do video calling, use Duo. If you need to send messages Android to Android use Android Messaging. If you need a cross platform messaging service outside of enterprise use Hango...ooops"
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#22I'm going to miss Hangouts. Anyone have any good alternatives for free and anonymous browser-based video calling?
For context, I use a permanent Google Hangouts link under my account and made a subdomain of my domain redirect to it (http://partytime.jmistri.com). Whenever I want to talk to someone or have an informal group call, I can tell them to "hop on partytime". It doesn't require an account and it's a great high-quality video call on-the-go.
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#23How about having only one app where i can simply use messaging and video? why do i need to install 4 different apps for it?
Because they gave 4 different people a promotion
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#24Someone at Google just wants to make sure that people know where they can go for a consistent and stable messaging experience. I'm just not quite sure if they intend that to be Skype, Facebook, Slack or maybe Discord.
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#26I'm going to miss Hangouts. Anyone have any good alternatives for free and anonymous browser-based video calling? For context, I use a permanent Google Hangouts link under my account and made a subdomain of my domain redirect to it ( http://partytime.jmistri.com ). Whenever I want to talk to someone or have an informal group call, I can tell them to "hop on partytime". It doesn't require an account and it's a great h…
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#27How are they still getting this wrong.
One app for consumers with video and messaging. Make it good, marry it, and shoot the others into the sun.
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#29How about having only one app where i can simply use messaging and video? why do i need to install 4 different apps for it?
Why not open the protocol, so I can use the one app for all my cross-service messaging needs?
e.g. Pidgin.
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#30which one will be built into gmail in the future?
one of the greatest advantages google has is gmail/hangouts native integration in the browser. if they lose that, i think a good bit of what makes gmail attractive goes with it.
i say this as an iOS user.