I wonder if this will work with hangouts on phones. For instance if I call someone who also has GV, would I be able to hop into a video call seamlessly.
That might be why Hangouts requires confirming your phone number on installation.
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#22No, you've been able to do this.... for years. And yes, it's worked consistently since they launched Hangouts. I often answer calls in Gmail and they have since simply began opening in Hangouts through Gmail.
Works perfectly, no idea why "the dialer went away" means "incoming calls no longer work", but hey, it's Google and it's FUD, should I bother trying to be surprised?
Don't get me wrong, Google fucked their one big chance to integrate Voice, Video, SMS and IM. With Hangouts, I should be able to "Call Someone" and have it negotiate video if we both have and want video, or it should use the next available medium. If both users use Hangouts, then send a Hangout IM. And if not, finally fall back to Google Voice/VoIp/SMS.
The users shouldn't have to ask themselves, "wait, does Bobby have Hangouts?" ever. That is literally the number one issue with G+!
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are absolutely right. I've been using GV as my general number since 2009 and I do not recall this feature not being there. It is quite handy for me when I'm overseas - not paying any roaming charges to make/receive calls - but there is nothing new or disruptive in this.
If I'm not mistaken the conversion of Talk to Hangouts last week dropped this feature, and it's only now rolling back out as part of Hangouts.
I answered multiple calls last week in a Hangout that opened itself from my Gmail when the call came in.
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#24I had this happen to me twice, and in both instances the call did not ring my telephone. Clearly some kinks to work out.
Do you have your cell phone tied into Google Voice...?
I mean, if what you're saying is true, they just broke all Google Voice incoming calls for all users (hint, they didn't).
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#25No, you've been able to do this.... for years. And yes, it's worked consistently since they launched Hangouts. I often answer calls in Gmail and they have since simply began opening in Hangouts through Gmail. Works perfectly, no idea why "the dialer went away" means "incoming calls no longer work", but hey, it's Google and it's FUD, should I bother trying to be surprised? Don't get me wrong, Google fucked their one b…
Bothers me to no end that Apple does this same shit with FaceTime, presumably to appease the carriers. They already bypass SMS when both are iMessage users - why the hell are they not doing video calls by default when both have cameras?
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#26Hack: You can still make outgoing calls using Google Voice/Hangouts 1. In Gmail type in your name into the "start a hangout" box 2. In Hangout window click on "add telephone". 3. type in phone number you want to call. 4. Call.
Or,
1. Use the Google Voice extension. Enter number. Press 'dial'. Your Hangout is now ringing, huzzah
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#27No, you've been able to do this.... for years. And yes, it's worked consistently since they launched Hangouts. I often answer calls in Gmail and they have since simply began opening in Hangouts through Gmail. Works perfectly, no idea why "the dialer went away" means "incoming calls no longer work", but hey, it's Google and it's FUD, should I bother trying to be surprised? Don't get me wrong, Google fucked their one b…
If there were any doubt, I just called my father after leaving my phone in his hotel. Quite, quite convenient!
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd suspect they don't want to get AT&T'd a lá http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture
How is that relevant? They don't own the entire network and it wouldn't make them a monopoly natural or otherwise.
brain fart. I was thinking monopolies and came up with att when microsoft (re IE) would be a better example.
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#29Hack: You can still make outgoing calls using Google Voice/Hangouts 1. In Gmail type in your name into the "start a hangout" box 2. In Hangout window click on "add telephone". 3. type in phone number you want to call. 4. Call.
Or just click on the "Call Phone" button next to the "Start Hangout" button in Gmail? That's still there for me, is it not for other people?
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#30I don't know about others, but I don't know I like this change over previous Google Talk implementation receiving a phone call. Being able to receive a call on Hangouts is great, but having a somewhat underpowered machine, it takes me about 10 to 15 seconds loading up full Hangouts session. (presuming, with everything including video chat components) By the time the session is loaded, the call is often already sent t…
Yes, I wish there was a way to turn OFF the video component of Hangouts when receiving a call via Google Voice. On one of my systems the launch of Hangouts does take a few seconds - and that seems to be largely related to bringing up the video component.