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> On Android it's seemed stagnant for ages, but it's simple and works reliably. "stagnant" implies it should be changing, but then you say "it works reliably".
by lowercased 8y ago
> On Android it's seemed stagnant for ages, but it's simple and works reliably.
"stagnant" implies it should be changing, but then you say "it works reliably". No changes for a year is 'rock solid' and 'stable', not 'needs an iteration push next month!'.
- sciurus 8y agoIt works reliably, but there's room for improvement. Two examples: Video call quality is noticably worse than Google Duo. Unlike SMS, Google Assistant can't read my Hangouts messages to me.
- jdofaz 8y agoHangouts worked in Android Auto voice assistant until recently. I don’t know if that was the same as the regular assistant
- lowercased 8y agoI realized there's a middle ground, of course, after posting. I'm not a regular android user, but understand the 'room for improvement' line of thought for software in general. However, given how much things generally go downhill when new versions are released, 'improvements' in a real sense are often hard to come by. Often, I much prefer my stagnant releases vs watching features I use go away, or UI changes hide my normal workflows in 'upgrades'.