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I am nothing short of utterly and completely confused at what this means for people using the consumer-facing Hangouts app right now. Below is what I outline a
by Navarr 10y ago
I am nothing short of utterly and completely confused at what this means for people using the consumer-facing Hangouts app right now.
Below is what I outline as "Best-Case Scenario":
* Google introduces Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat as new apps to get
* Current Google Hangouts turns into Allo somehow magically
I am currently a GSuite Free member - and use Hangouts to chat with friends, old coworkers, my wife, etc. I literally have no idea what is going to happen to me.
- fwn 10y agoAllo and Hangouts don't share the same identifier (email/phone number). I believe that merging or converting is therefore probably impossible.
- Jtsummers 10y agoMerging is probably difficult, but not impossible. No reason that Hangouts couldn't authenticate against your phone number and link the accounts that way, or Allo could add an (optional) google login to link it from the other direction.
- fl0wenol 10y agoThere's also the issue of there being no option for non-cellular devices to participate in Allo/Duo which limits their utility compared to traditional Hangouts; they're promising a web client but it's all TBD. I'm aggravated about it.