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If they could do that, they’d have an iMessage competitor by now. Last Android I used was the Pixel 3 and still couldn’t text from my laptop, something Apple ha

If they could do that, they’d have an iMessage competitor by now. Last Android I used was the Pixel 3 and still couldn’t text from my laptop, something Apple has had for more than a decade.

tantalor 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Messages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Messages Web support was released in 2018
- theturtletalks 3y ago
  Yes, but the wiki is referencing this BI article[0]. Here is the relevant excerpt saying it was bad at first and people were missing messages: >> At launch, Messages for web wasn't very good. It worked, but it wasn't very reliable. Several texts didn't send properly, and I missed a bunch of text messages, too. It clearly wasn't the solution that would bring the iMessage functionality to the Android ecosystem, and I gave it up pretty quickly. >> Fast forward to late 2019 when I recently started using Messages for web again, and I can gleefully report that it's actually pretty good now. I can send and receive photos, videos, GIFs, emoji, sticker, and good old-fashioned text messages, as well as group messages almost entirely reliably. There's only been a couple instances where a message didn't send, but I'm attributing that to the fact that I have Messages on at least a half-dozen computers at the moment. It took more than a year before this feature worked properly. I don't even see the point in Google working on messaging apps anymore. They lost the battle to Whatsapp that had web working way before. 0. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-messages-for-web-how-to-android-imessage-2019-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-messages-for-web-how-...
  - eitally 3y ago
    Fwiw, if you're using SMS still and on purpose, the Messages app is as good as it gets. It is actually pleasurable to use, and there are a lot of cases where trying to get friends/acquaintances to identify the right 3rd party messaging app to use (where inevitably at least one has to install something new), Messages is a great option. To be completely clear, I am impressed with how well Google has evolved the remaining Comms apps (Meet, Chat, Messages) over the past three years -- especially Meet & Messages. Considering where things stood five years ago, it's been an epiphany.
hcnews 3y ago
I have been texting from my laptop from 2010 via Google Voice.
15457345234 3y ago
> something Apple has had for more than a decade How do I text from my iPhone using my laptop? Running Windows 10. Would love to know.
mardef 3y ago
Windows has Phone Link to do this with Android. It's only been around for ~6 years or so
- cameronh90 3y ago
  It’s also a buggy piece of crap. It works for me on one of my two computers, but only after resetting it multiple times. On the other, I’ve never been able to get it to work. On Apple devices, you just sign in and it all works.
- malermeister 3y ago
  Yeah but it sucks. KDE Connect is the way to go.
zx8080 3y ago
Android has Telegram for that ;) As a bonus it's also iPhone compatible.
paulddraper 3y ago
I'm literally texting from my Pixel 3 on my laptop now. (Tho obviously I need to replace the phone, since Google stopped released Android versions for it.)

If they could do that, they’d have an iMessage competitor by now. Last Android I used was the Pixel 3 and still couldn’t text from my laptop, something Apple has had for more than a decade.

tantalor 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Messages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Messages Web support was released in 2018

theturtletalks 3y ago
Yes, but the wiki is referencing this BI article[0]. Here is the relevant excerpt saying it was bad at first and people were missing messages: >> At launch, Messages for web wasn't very good. It worked, but it wasn't very reliable. Several texts didn't send properly, and I missed a bunch of text messages, too. It clearly wasn't the solution that would bring the iMessage functionality to the Android ecosystem, and I gave it up pretty quickly. >> Fast forward to late 2019 when I recently started using Messages for web again, and I can gleefully report that it's actually pretty good now. I can send and receive photos, videos, GIFs, emoji, sticker, and good old-fashioned text messages, as well as group messages almost entirely reliably. There's only been a couple instances where a message didn't send, but I'm attributing that to the fact that I have Messages on at least a half-dozen computers at the moment. It took more than a year before this feature worked properly. I don't even see the point in Google working on messaging apps anymore. They lost the battle to Whatsapp that had web working way before. 0. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-messages-for-web-how-to-android-imessage-2019-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-messages-for-web-how-...
- eitally 3y ago
  Fwiw, if you're using SMS still and on purpose, the Messages app is as good as it gets. It is actually pleasurable to use, and there are a lot of cases where trying to get friends/acquaintances to identify the right 3rd party messaging app to use (where inevitably at least one has to install something new), Messages is a great option. To be completely clear, I am impressed with how well Google has evolved the remaining Comms apps (Meet, Chat, Messages) over the past three years -- especially Meet & Messages. Considering where things stood five years ago, it's been an epiphany.

hcnews 3y ago

I have been texting from my laptop from 2010 via Google Voice.

15457345234 3y ago

> something Apple has had for more than a decade How do I text from my iPhone using my laptop? Running Windows 10. Would love to know.

mardef 3y ago

Windows has Phone Link to do this with Android. It's only been around for ~6 years or so

cameronh90 3y ago
It’s also a buggy piece of crap. It works for me on one of my two computers, but only after resetting it multiple times. On the other, I’ve never been able to get it to work. On Apple devices, you just sign in and it all works.
malermeister 3y ago
Yeah but it sucks. KDE Connect is the way to go.

zx8080 3y ago

Android has Telegram for that ;) As a bonus it's also iPhone compatible.

paulddraper 3y ago

I'm literally texting from my Pixel 3 on my laptop now. (Tho obviously I need to replace the phone, since Google stopped released Android versions for it.)