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The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
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#42Re: The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
#43I count six different apps here:
Allo
Duo
Messages
Hangouts
Hangouts Chat
Hangouts Meet
I’m technical and I follow news about Google, and I can still barely tell what app does what and for whom. How is the vast majority of the world supposed to keep up?
This is ridiculous.
Re: The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
#44How 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.
I don't think the problem is even one app. They should have had a central board where people set interoperability standards then they can build multiple apps. As long as hangouts could talk with Allo etc it doesn't matter and people can use the one they prefer and it's irelevant to another person's descion.
Now Google have dug a deeper hole as there is little change any tech influencer is going to use or promote Google messaging apps to their circle.
Personally I'm available on Signal, Skype and WhatsApp and it's going to take a hell of a change to make me care about trying something else.
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#45The 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.…
Android Messages is just an SMS/MMS/RCS app, it doesn’t have a google account, it uses your cellular carrier.
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#46I'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…
https://appear.in/
While it's not bad, it has many features that are paid-only and the UI isn't perfect... but I suppose I was spoiled by Hangouts. Thanks for the tip.
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#471. What is the difference between Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet? Why are they separate products? 2. What is the difference between Duo and Hangouts?
I can answer #1: Hangouts Chat is a standalone, text chat-only app (chat.google.com), similar in functionality to Slack. It will/does have the ability for third-party developers to create bots, etc. Hangouts Meet is a pared down video calling interface that is geared specifically for "one person presenting to others" type of communications. Both of these (according to this blog) will only be available to G Suite (ent…
They are both available to G Suite - Basic users from start.
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#481. What is the difference between Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet? Why are they separate products? 2. What is the difference between Duo and Hangouts?
I can answer #1: Hangouts Chat is a standalone, text chat-only app (chat.google.com), similar in functionality to Slack. It will/does have the ability for third-party developers to create bots, etc. Hangouts Meet is a pared down video calling interface that is geared specifically for "one person presenting to others" type of communications. Both of these (according to this blog) will only be available to G Suite (ent…
> Meet is a pared down video calling interface that is geared specifically for "one person presenting to others"
Yeah, no. Meet is the most equal-among-all video conferencing app I've ever seen. It's ability to promote the speaker to the main window is uncannily good. It is my go-to, and I use it intercontinental and inter-org.
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#49I'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…
https://appear.in/
I've liked using that in the past. They seem to require a login now.
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#50I really want to know what is the plan for Project Fi. The Hangouts integration is one of the best aspects of the service
This. If Fi integration with Hangouts goes away without a replacement, I'm cancelling my Fi service and switching to Pinger Textfree Web for text messaging.