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If H.R. 460 passes (unlikely), Google may have to become a real telephony provider, with service standards.[1]
[1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/460/...
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Exactly. Where does this leave Allo? Is GVoice + Allo the intended product combination?
Nothing is certain. There is competition among internal Google teams to get the attention of the top execs but there is zero clear vision. Google is a mess. I can't trust it.
Voice, Hangouts, Messenger, Allo, Duo. Which one should I use, Google, for fuck's sake.
My main number is in Google Voice, and has been since 2010. I've lived every day in fear that they would 'spring clean' the product, like they did for Google Reader. I'm just happy to see a commitment to the product, and to future updates. There really isn't anything else like it out there. I love it.
Get your shit together Google.
I've been a Google Voice user for 6-7 years. It became more important to me 5 years ago when I moved to the UK and ported my mobile number to GV. It's not been very pretty. We were thrown a lifeline with the Google Hangouts app taking over for the absolutely-awful Google Voice app. One of the most frustrating things about GV is that for certain SMS providers, it fails the "is this a USA number test" or "can we SMS to…
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I've never worked at Google, but... didn't Larry Page announce a full-blown program to fight that like 3-4 years ago? Work on features/depth rather than new products?
Perhaps it was launched but it literally didn't matter whether that product went on to be successful.
If anyone has received the update on their iPhone, can you say whether or not it now supports CallKit?