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I am pretty happy with whatever Google calls its chat/hangouts thing these days, as I can send SMS's from my browser or chat via either a browser or my phone, a
by davidw 7y ago
I am pretty happy with whatever Google calls its chat/hangouts thing these days, as I can send SMS's from my browser or chat via either a browser or my phone, and it's all pretty transparent.
I want nothing to do with tech I can only use on my phone.
- tw04 7y agoBut it's not encypted. And Google keeps threatening to kill it.
- davidw 7y agoYes, those are good points, but kind of tangential to mine. I really don't understand where Google is going with its chat thing, as I find it just about perfect for what I need.
- thekyle 7y agoThe desktop version of Signal works very similarly to Android Messenger. Although Signal doesn't require the phone to be turned on to send receive messages.
- MAGZine 7y agoHangouts is actually one of the best messaging apps to this day, I'll be sad when it disappears. I love being able to send and receive messages from my PC and phone, seamlessly. And, probably the best part of all? All of my messages are searchable using Google's excellent search in my gmail inbox. I've been able to find specific messages I remember sending years ago. No other messaging platform does this (at least, not well).
- Marsymars 7y agoAre you referring to hangouts with the USA-only Google Voice service?