I tried to look at the details but couldn't find out, so may be someone has the answer. Do I need to have a google+ account to use hangout or my gmail address is fine ? I just don't want a g+ account and don't want to be tricked into creating one by mistake.
Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
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Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#42I tried to look at the details but couldn't find out, so may be someone has the answer. Do I need to have a google+ account to use hangout or my gmail address is fine ? I just don't want a g+ account and don't want to be tricked into creating one by mistake.
I'm not sure I understand why you don't want your account to have a private G+ page. Why would you miss out on a service you like because you don't want to have to not use another one?
Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#43According to /r/android this also finally brings Google Voice into Hangouts: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2fz6hh/hangouts_and... I haven't seen the update yet to try it, but am hoping I do soon. This is long, long overdue. All this said - Hangouts on desktop is still so much worse than GChat was - and GChat had free calls too. I'd type a number, two seconds later it would be ringing in the bottom right co…
This [1] seems to indicate that incoming Google Voice sms messages will appear in hangouts, but I'm not seeing it - can anyone confirm that this is the case? I don't see any settings that would affect this either.
[1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/10/google-hangouts-gets-deep-g...
Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#44According to /r/android this also finally brings Google Voice into Hangouts: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2fz6hh/hangouts_and... I haven't seen the update yet to try it, but am hoping I do soon. This is long, long overdue. All this said - Hangouts on desktop is still so much worse than GChat was - and GChat had free calls too. I'd type a number, two seconds later it would be ringing in the bottom right co…
This [1] seems to indicate that incoming Google Voice sms messages will appear in hangouts, but I'm not seeing it - can anyone confirm that this is the case? I don't see any settings that would affect this either. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/10/google-hangouts-gets-deep-g...
The articles mentions "v2.3, rolling out over the next few days" - I'm still on 2.1, so I don't see it either.
Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
This [1] seems to indicate that incoming Google Voice sms messages will appear in hangouts, but I'm not seeing it - can anyone confirm that this is the case? I don't see any settings that would affect this either. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/10/google-hangouts-gets-deep-g...
The articles mentions "v2.3, rolling out over the next few days" - I'm still on 2.1, so I don't see it either.
Here's the apk for 2.3: http://www.droid-life.com/2014/09/10/google-brings-free-voic...
Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#46Well, this took a while. It's been the most frustrating experience having Hangouts since it rolled out, because of this exact issue: I based everything on GrooveIP at the time, having a small voice plan but unlimited data. Then Hangouts showed up and everything became messy (I still hate hangouts, putting SMS and web chat at the same place is very confusing for the average user)
I wrote this a bit more that a year ago about how all of Google's products are becoming too complicated: http://oneurl.me/google-my-mom-cant-use-your-new-products
This is all linked to the Google+ spirit: Trying to make things work when they clearly don't.
The GV/hangouts app hasn't been rolled out on my phone yet, but I'm looking forward to see what complications it creates :)
Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#47According to /r/android this also finally brings Google Voice into Hangouts: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2fz6hh/hangouts_and... I haven't seen the update yet to try it, but am hoping I do soon. This is long, long overdue. All this said - Hangouts on desktop is still so much worse than GChat was - and GChat had free calls too. I'd type a number, two seconds later it would be ringing in the bottom right co…
I stand 100% behind your statement. I can't stand to use Hangouts. I remember when you could simply have a video chat plugin installed in Google Chat with HD feature enabled in labs and CPU usage wouldn't be a quarter what a video chat in Hangouts is now. I dream that they still had the option to use the older video chat functionality.
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#48So..... Why are we paying for ginormously expensive cell phone bills again? With a wifi connection, you can now: Talk Text Send MMS (think Snapchat) Do everything else smartphone-wise. I know a few things that might run into issues - you can't take a call while on the road without cell service. GPS would be a no-go. Things like Google Maps and Nike Running wouldn't work. But aside from that.... what good reasons stil…
If, like many people here, you have a wifi signal 90% of the time, you shouldn't have a large cell phone bill. Get a prepaid plan from, say, Page Plus Cellular. Or get their $12/month plan. It's nice to have the cell network as a backup, but it shouldn't be costing you too much.
Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#49According to /r/android this also finally brings Google Voice into Hangouts: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2fz6hh/hangouts_and... I haven't seen the update yet to try it, but am hoping I do soon. This is long, long overdue. All this said - Hangouts on desktop is still so much worse than GChat was - and GChat had free calls too. I'd type a number, two seconds later it would be ringing in the bottom right co…
Hangouts on everything is much worse that gchat was, mobile included, sadly
Re: Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
#50According to /r/android this also finally brings Google Voice into Hangouts: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2fz6hh/hangouts_and... I haven't seen the update yet to try it, but am hoping I do soon. This is long, long overdue. All this said - Hangouts on desktop is still so much worse than GChat was - and GChat had free calls too. I'd type a number, two seconds later it would be ringing in the bottom right co…
GChat in Gmail still does voice calls as you described them. I use it all the time.