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Exactly. Hangouts has a lot of problems - its performance doesn't impress me, and the UI is confusing in a lot of ways, and splitting SMS/Conversations is some

by Pxtl 10y ago

Exactly. Hangouts has a lot of problems - its performance doesn't impress me, and the UI is confusing in a lot of ways, and splitting SMS/Conversations is something that really disappointed me, but still - it has the full featureset. I mean obviously, it suffers from the fact that it's heavily tied to Google accounts, which isn't ideal for trying to reach outside of the Google sphere. But otherwise, it does everything. So why doesn't it get more love from Google?

davidw 10y ago
Performance? Just how fast do you type, anyway? UI? I write things, and they appear in front of someone else. Even my technophobe mom has no problems with it. Tied to Google... well, yeah. But you kind of need some kind of 'account' for chat apps. I remember when 'Whatsapp' came out and people mentioned that it didn't have a web interface. I won't use anything that I can't type into when I'm at a computer - pulling out my phone and t-y-p-i-n-g out a message is just a non-starter.
- what_ever 10y ago
  Hangouts is very sluggish. Messages are also delayed on it sometimes.
  - kbenson 10y ago
    I think it helps to define what we are talking about. "Hangouts" can be the system overall, the web interface (and which one, Inbox, Gmail or video chat?), or the mobile phone app, of which it may behavior differently on the different phone OSs. Hangouts is usually very timely and responsive for me when using Inbox or Gmail. The Android app is slow and annoying. I've never used the iOS app.
- deathanatos 10y ago
  > Performance? Just how fast do you type, anyway? The UI lags hard for me during common operations, such as opening the app, and sending messages; often there's a several second lag between pressing the send button, the entry field blanking, and the message finally showing up in the conversation w/ UI indicating that it's in the process of being sent. And occasionally, yes, I out-type the app & phone's ability to process keyboard input. My phone is a bit old, but that seems like an excuse more than anything; I don't really understand why it's so hard for a device w/ a processor that measures its speed in GHz and RAM measured in GB to keep up with a single app whose job is to send text messages. But alas, the phone world's opinion is that I should upgrade to the latest and greatest $400-$600 phone every 18 months.
  - davidw 10y ago
    Weird. I have a Nexus 4, which is several years old at this point, and hangouts runs fine on it. Maybe because the OS itself is fairly up to date?
    - bendbro 10y ago
      I have a Nexus 5 running the latest Android (excluding N) and have exactly the same problems the commenter above you describes. Not only that, but when I've explained these issues to my friends they respond with the same response you gave, down to the 'weird.'
      - cja 10y ago
        Hangouts crashes all the time on my Nexus 6P. Video calls are buggy and any interaction with photos is extremely sluggish. This has been going on for months and months. And the name is stupid. When I used to encourage people to use Hangouts, I always had to explain the name. Talk is a great name and they should have gone back to it for Allo.
Descon 10y ago
Not a full feature set - can't share contacts, one of the things that made me switch away
- Pxtl 10y ago
  Oof yes, I have noticed that one a couple of times. And it would be nice to be able to send messages and video chat between individual devices that I own (all my kids' tablets are on my account), but I suppose that's out-of-scope.

by Pxtl 10y ago

davidw 10y ago

Performance? Just how fast do you type, anyway? UI? I write things, and they appear in front of someone else. Even my technophobe mom has no problems with it. Tied to Google... well, yeah. But you kind of need some kind of 'account' for chat apps. I remember when 'Whatsapp' came out and people mentioned that it didn't have a web interface. I won't use anything that I can't type into when I'm at a computer - pulling out my phone and t-y-p-i-n-g out a message is just a non-starter.

what_ever 10y ago
Hangouts is very sluggish. Messages are also delayed on it sometimes.
- kbenson 10y ago
  I think it helps to define what we are talking about. "Hangouts" can be the system overall, the web interface (and which one, Inbox, Gmail or video chat?), or the mobile phone app, of which it may behavior differently on the different phone OSs. Hangouts is usually very timely and responsive for me when using Inbox or Gmail. The Android app is slow and annoying. I've never used the iOS app.
deathanatos 10y ago
> Performance? Just how fast do you type, anyway? The UI lags hard for me during common operations, such as opening the app, and sending messages; often there's a several second lag between pressing the send button, the entry field blanking, and the message finally showing up in the conversation w/ UI indicating that it's in the process of being sent. And occasionally, yes, I out-type the app & phone's ability to process keyboard input. My phone is a bit old, but that seems like an excuse more than anything; I don't really understand why it's so hard for a device w/ a processor that measures its speed in GHz and RAM measured in GB to keep up with a single app whose job is to send text messages. But alas, the phone world's opinion is that I should upgrade to the latest and greatest $400-$600 phone every 18 months.
- davidw 10y ago
  Weird. I have a Nexus 4, which is several years old at this point, and hangouts runs fine on it. Maybe because the OS itself is fairly up to date?
  - bendbro 10y ago
    I have a Nexus 5 running the latest Android (excluding N) and have exactly the same problems the commenter above you describes. Not only that, but when I've explained these issues to my friends they respond with the same response you gave, down to the 'weird.'
    - cja 10y ago
      Hangouts crashes all the time on my Nexus 6P. Video calls are buggy and any interaction with photos is extremely sluggish. This has been going on for months and months. And the name is stupid. When I used to encourage people to use Hangouts, I always had to explain the name. Talk is a great name and they should have gone back to it for Allo.

Descon 10y ago

Not a full feature set - can't share contacts, one of the things that made me switch away

Pxtl 10y ago
Oof yes, I have noticed that one a couple of times. And it would be nice to be able to send messages and video chat between individual devices that I own (all my kids' tablets are on my account), but I suppose that's out-of-scope.