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Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by masnick »

evilduck wrote: post #39
masnick wrote: post #22

Like most new Google things, it doesn't seem to be enabled for my Google Apps account. There's no clear indication of how to do this (if it's possible at this point). Say what you want about Apple, but onboarding for iMessages and Facetime did not require navigating a byzantine admin panel. I understand that Google Apps is a different beast, but there's something to be said for a chat service _just working_ in the wa…

I just tried it, it works for my Google Apps account. Maybe it's a rollout process? Though the web version seems to have problems with multiple accounts signed in at once.

Looks like you're right. I found this by searching Google+ (of all places):

> in case you're wondering how to enable Hangouts for your Google Apps account, found this: "Admins can enable the new Hangouts experience in the Talk settings of the Admin console. We are still rolling this out so look for it soon."

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

masnick wrote: post #40
mcintyre1994 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Other than number 3, this seems to match hangouts, assuming it works as they say (in a way iMessage doesn't seem to for you). The killer missing feature for me is SMS though, a vast majority of people cannot use Hangouts for the vast majority of their conversations because of the Google+ requirement.

You're saying you'd like SMS integration? So if you add your friend with a dumb phone to your Hangout, they can participate via SMS? That would be awesome. I have a few friends with dumb phones that are constantly left out of iMessage conversations. I feel bad about it, but not bad enough to inconvenience myself (or pay for an SMS plan; yes I'm a terrible person). Edit: The federation thing is probably a pipe dream.…

Sure, that's one use of it. But also friends with smartphones but not Google+, those I communicate with by SMS or WhatsApp primarily at the moment, the majority of my contacts. It's not even that I want rid of my SMS plan, although I can definitely see the benefit of that too.

We basically want the same thing - iMessages that works on Android, iOS and desktop, including SMS. Google are brilliant at sync and I have no doubts that'll work great (especially now with synced notifications). If they added SMS and starting a conversation by phone number (selecting from contacts obviously), it'd be the perfect messaging app in my opinion.

EDIT: Hangouts on web only work with Chrome, so that rules out a lot of devices I thought were supported. Not a big deal for me, but I guess it could break your requirements depending.

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by coldtea »

6thSigma wrote: post #28
masnick wrote: post #22

Like most new Google things, it doesn't seem to be enabled for my Google Apps account. There's no clear indication of how to do this (if it's possible at this point). Say what you want about Apple, but onboarding for iMessages and Facetime did not require navigating a byzantine admin panel. I understand that Google Apps is a different beast, but there's something to be said for a chat service _just working_ in the wa…

You are comparing a company launching on its own platform to a company launching on someone else's closed platform.

No, he doesn't do that anywhere in his message.

He is complaining about what Google does even WITHIN it's own platform (and the web).

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by film42 »

vinayan3 wrote: post #21

If I use Adium on my Desktop and Hangouts on my phone will I see the group chats / google hangouts?

So far it's syncing the messages sent and received via Adium. They show up in google+, although they're not automatically marked as read (though I've not yet received the google+ update). Images and hangout invites are not synced. I have yet to attempt a group chat.

UPDATE: Photos will show in the messenger, or send you a link to a google+ page if you're on gchat.

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by threeseed »

emehrkay wrote: post #15

Kinda a non sequitur, but is this the flat design that everyone wants? Im not impressed.

Have to agree. It is surprisingly ugly.

What happened to the consistent design we have seen with Google Now, Gmail etc ?

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by mitchty »

farhanpatel wrote: post #36

I know this is a nit-picky thing but why does this app require 6.1 or later? Thats a funny move. 6.0 I can understand. What functionality could they have in 6.1 that made them have to require it?

They might have just targeted the 6.1 sdk and decided not to deal with the 6.0 issues. For new things it is actually a good idea as 6.1 is quite a bit better than 6.0 in things like core data.

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by untog »

zefhous wrote: post #38

Not a great first experience on the iPad for me. 1. Launch app in landscape. Oh, I guess they don't support landscape orientation for signing it. That's annoying. 2. Change orientation to portrait and sign in. 3. A dialog requesting to send push notifications appears — in landscape orientation ( http://cl.ly/image/2t2P0X3f2H2Z ) — but I'm still holding it in portrait and the rest of the UI is in portrait as well. 4.…

That screenshot you show would surely be an iOS issue, not an app-specific one?

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by untog »

DannoHung wrote: post #27

What's the difference between this and Hangouts in the Plus app?

This is something that I hope Google work on and clear up- on Android it's the same, in that I have both the Messenger app, Google+ app (that links to Messenger) and the new Hangouts app. There clearly only needs to be one.

I also haven't got the new Hangout-style chat in Gmail- only on G+. I hope they are intending on porting over.

Re: Hangouts for iOS

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Post by 0x0 »

farhanpatel wrote: post #36

I know this is a nit-picky thing but why does this app require 6.1 or later? Thats a funny move. 6.0 I can understand. What functionality could they have in 6.1 that made them have to require it?

Why would you be stuck at iOS 6.0 when 6.1 is a quick over-the-air upgrade for all iOS 6.0-compatible devices?
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