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I've used Google voice for some time but I feel that they have abandoned the product for a while and will be giving it the axe like they did with Hangouts and t

I've used Google voice for some time but I feel that they have abandoned the product for a while and will be giving it the axe like they did with Hangouts and their other chats. It really sucked when Hangouts shut down and now I couldn't get the chats within the new Google Chat app. I miss the old Xmpp Gchat honestly! Speaking of XMPP I'm in the process of switching over to https://jmp.chat/ https://jmp.chat/ for a VOIP text solution which has worked great so far. If you own the Xmpp server you have even more control.

bubblethink 5y ago
xmpp gchat still works. It was supposed to be deprecated long ago, but it still works (maybe with limitations). I use it on my phone with conversations.im. You'll need an app password to log in.
- cupcake-unicorn 5y ago
  Yeah but I couldn't use it for the Voice Texts/hangouts stuff so it was limited for me :/
beeboop 5y ago
I've used Google Voice from before it was even Google Voice, it was called Grand Central or something and they gave me free business cards with my number on it. GV has always been a red headed step child product. It doesn't work natively with any android smart watch, its integrations into other products is sketchy and flaky (like there used to be a google voice widget for gmail). Features have been slowly deteriorating for years. The only reason I still use it as my main number is that it's easy to text in my browser. I don't know if that's easy to do with carrier websites but I've certainly never seen them advertise it. It's 2021 and I still can't get video texts on GV. Well, I can, but they're literally less than 240p resolution. To the point it's difficult to even tell what's happening. And before potato quality, it was flat out not an option for like a decade when every single phone supported it. Group texting also seems to not really work, and the "reactions" people on iphones use aren't supported.

bubblethink 5y ago

xmpp gchat still works. It was supposed to be deprecated long ago, but it still works (maybe with limitations). I use it on my phone with conversations.im. You'll need an app password to log in.

cupcake-unicorn 5y ago
Yeah but I couldn't use it for the Voice Texts/hangouts stuff so it was limited for me :/

beeboop 5y ago

I've used Google Voice from before it was even Google Voice, it was called Grand Central or something and they gave me free business cards with my number on it. GV has always been a red headed step child product. It doesn't work natively with any android smart watch, its integrations into other products is sketchy and flaky (like there used to be a google voice widget for gmail). Features have been slowly deteriorating for years. The only reason I still use it as my main number is that it's easy to text in my browser. I don't know if that's easy to do with carrier websites but I've certainly never seen them advertise it. It's 2021 and I still can't get video texts on GV. Well, I can, but they're literally less than 240p resolution. To the point it's difficult to even tell what's happening. And before potato quality, it was flat out not an option for like a decade when every single phone supported it. Group texting also seems to not really work, and the "reactions" people on iphones use aren't supported.