> For the people that I know who have both Hangouts and Whatsapp, we prefer Hangouts consistently - even for just text. Speaking for myself, I've found Hangout

> For the people that I know who have both Hangouts and Whatsapp, we prefer Hangouts consistently - even for just text. Speaking for myself, I've found Hangouts to be a noticeable drain on my battery (iOS), while WhatsApp seems negligible. I'm also on a smaller screen iPhone, and with the icon bar and the timestamp placement in Hangouts, I can read far fewer messages on the screen at the same time than with WhatsApp. Personal preference, but I also like that WhatsApp uses the iOS emoji across platforms, so I know what emoji my recipient is getting – when I use an emoji in Hangouts, they get replaced by a Google emoji, and I never know what it's going to look like until I've already sent the message. Finally, Hangouts doesn't use end-to-end encryption, which personally makes me feel very uncomfortable (I also didn't like using WhatsApp for a long time for the same reason). This is anecdotal, but to me it's more than WhatsApp just being entrenched – in many ways, they really do have the better product.