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In the end, I see all these apps dying. Even hangouts is crappy. They don't have a native mac client. Hangouts was a decent chat app they had. I wish they promo

by rajeshp1986 10y ago

In the end, I see all these apps dying. Even hangouts is crappy. They don't have a native mac client. Hangouts was a decent chat app they had. I wish they promoted hangouts as cross platform and as a competitor to both whatsapp and skype.

e7c6ht6iad 10y ago
The Mac client for Hangouts got a big upgrade. It's not really native, but more like Slack (Electron).
- swiley 10y ago
  Electron "apps" really suck honestly. They're very slow and large and eat memory.
  - rayiner 10y ago
    And battery life.
sbarre 10y ago
It's not a perfect solution but you can log into your Hangouts account on OS X's Messages app, so you can largely combine iMessage and Hangouts on your desktop in one app if you use both. I'm often surprised how many people don't know that Messages semi-supports Hangouts (not implying that you don't).. Obviously things like video chat don't work, so it's more like what Google Talk used to be, but it's better than keeping 2 apps open.