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Err, yes, but on any modern version of Android, Google Hangouts is the SMS app - so I thing that's a bit of a red herring, and completely unrelated.
by victorhooi 13y ago
Err, yes, but on any modern version of Android, Google Hangouts is the SMS app - so I thing that's a bit of a red herring, and completely unrelated.
- auxbuss 13y agoI'm not sure why you consider that a red herring. You can disable Hangouts and Android will fall back to the standard Messaging app.
- desas 13y agoThe standard messaging app isn't installed by default on modern android phones (nexus 5). You can of course install 3rd party messaging apps.
- auxbuss 13y agoWell, admittedly my phone isn't bleeding-edge, being a nexus 4, but it runs the latest version of Android and removal of Hangouts does make Messaging the SMS app.
- yread 13y ago> Google Hangouts is the SMS app What do you mean by that? It asked me if I want it to handle my sms, I said no. It asked me again when I updated to 4.4, I said no again. I can (and will) keep saying no...
- kissickas 13y agoI would love this feature if they actually incorporated my SMS history into Hangouts, but unfortunately I can't move or sync messages across phones or view them on my computer. I suppose they reason that it would be too confusing to the people who would then try to SMS from their computer, as iPhone+Mac users are able to do so... but isn't segmenting my Hangouts history just as confusing?
- JohnTHaller 13y agoOnly on the latest Android if you buy it that way on very specific phones. For everyone else (read: MOST Android users) an upgrade happened, often from Google Talk, and wound up with a new app with full SMS control without the user knowing.