I do not have the "Messages for Web" option yet. Guess I'll have to stick with Hangouts. Or GV.
I do not have the "Messages for Web" option yet. Guess I'll have to stick with Hangouts. Or GV.
https://messages.android.com/
https://messages.android.com/
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Nick McIntosh I like Hangouts too, but it seems bloated and slow most of the time. Also, many of my friends and family don't use it, so I have to use SMS.
For example, some friends and I were having an exchange recently on FB. I said I'd prefer any method over the 'book: email, Hangouts, Allo, etc. They chose email. I'm glad we have a record of the discussion, but even though they were on Android, they chose anything but a Google service. This goes for my family - all of them. No one uses Hangouts but me and a couple of friends.
I'm on Project Fi so hangouts is still integrated for me. Without looking I can't tell you who I communicate with via SMS vs the Hangouts service.
A great many of my friends use Hangouts by default as well, so it makes it pretty simple.
Now to be completely fair, if they can make Messages as fully featured as Hangouts, I wouldn't be opposed to trying it.
Google Messenger / Gtalk had that capability over a decade ago! Then they took it away and the only way to get it back was adding a Google Voice number to your account.
BIg Pain n the ass;
But I now can SMS from desktop using both Google Voice / Hangouts and Gmail again.
This is a threat to take that all away and offer an inferior replacement ( again ).
Did you read he part that it was a Billed service , this would route messages through your phone you would get text message rates from your cell service?
Most people were Bullshit over the Dis Integration. Its win-win for you, since you didnt like its implementation.
GV calling and SMS texting are still Features in Hangouts but They removed the Integration between these features.
JUst try and see it how it works.
The SMS messages will not be combined with Hangout Text Threads.
( or Google: "hangouts Removes SMS integration" Plenty of bullshit thinkpieces on it.