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Definitely doesn't make sense. I use hangouts constantly. It is my default app for SMS and chatting with family. I like having one consistent thread between dif

Definitely doesn't make sense. I use hangouts constantly. It is my default app for SMS and chatting with family. I like having one consistent thread between different desktop devices, as well as mobile. Yes Slack has replaced it for work, but that's no good for family, at least not mine. Until this has desktop support there is no reason for me to buy in. Why not have (one of) the most important feature of hangouts (and all of the other competitors) on these new apps?

scholia 10y ago
Google wants to own the whole IT stack from servers and software services to devices. It supported the entrenched alternatives (Windows and Macs) when it had no alternative, but now it won't, unless it really has to. In Google's thinking, the whole IT stack is Google cloud-based, and in the long term, people having "different desktop devices" isn't the right way to go. Yes, this is overstatement for sarcastic effect, but the trend seems to be real....
MrPatan 10y ago
For SMSs too? On my Android, the new(ish?) message app ("Messenger") now wanted control of SMSs back from hangouts. Another silly reversal, and another silly messaging app from Google. Fourth time lucky? On that topic, when is the inbox app replacing the gmail app? Maybe never and that's good, given that sometimes I cannot download attachments with the inbox app that I can happily download from the old gmail app right away.
- Pxtl 10y ago
  I still can't figure out how to find archived messages in Inbox.
  - jpadkins 10y ago
    search?
    - Pxtl 10y ago
      Offline, I mean. As in "I read an email just before going offline, now can I re-open that email".
- fluidcruft 10y ago
  Has Inbox gained the ability to have recipient lists?
Pxtl 10y ago
> I like having one consistent thread between different desktop devices, as well as mobile. Too bad they killed SMS history combining.

scholia 10y ago

Google wants to own the whole IT stack from servers and software services to devices. It supported the entrenched alternatives (Windows and Macs) when it had no alternative, but now it won't, unless it really has to. In Google's thinking, the whole IT stack is Google cloud-based, and in the long term, people having "different desktop devices" isn't the right way to go. Yes, this is overstatement for sarcastic effect, but the trend seems to be real....

MrPatan 10y ago

For SMSs too? On my Android, the new(ish?) message app ("Messenger") now wanted control of SMSs back from hangouts. Another silly reversal, and another silly messaging app from Google. Fourth time lucky? On that topic, when is the inbox app replacing the gmail app? Maybe never and that's good, given that sometimes I cannot download attachments with the inbox app that I can happily download from the old gmail app right away.

Pxtl 10y ago
I still can't figure out how to find archived messages in Inbox.
- jpadkins 10y ago
  search?
  - Pxtl 10y ago
    Offline, I mean. As in "I read an email just before going offline, now can I re-open that email".
fluidcruft 10y ago
Has Inbox gained the ability to have recipient lists?

Pxtl 10y ago

> I like having one consistent thread between different desktop devices, as well as mobile. Too bad they killed SMS history combining.