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If Google wants to offer "Whatsapp competition" in 2015, it should have 2 things, that Hangouts doesn't right now: 1) fast (instant) performance 2) end-to-end
by higherpurpose 12y ago
If Google wants to offer "Whatsapp competition" in 2015, it should have 2 things, that Hangouts doesn't right now:
1) fast (instant) performance
2) end-to-end encryption (I wouldn't mind if they used the same Axolotl protocol as TextSecure and Whatsapp)
If it doesn't have any of those, I won't be using it.
- nostromo 12y ago3) completely independent of Google+
- Pxtl 12y agoI'm still confused why Google+ even exists as a separate component. I mean, I have a Google account. Why doesn't that just automatically include the Google+ infrastructure? Why do I have to enable a service even if I don't use it?
- on_and_off 12y agoprobably because of the back clash against automatic Google+ account creation.
- Pxtl 12y agoAnd one thing Whatsapp does have right now: Support every platform. Not just Android 4 and iOS. You need to go right down to Android 2.3, Windows Phone, Symbian, Blackberry, Nintendo DS, PSP, etc. Even IE6.
- Zigurd 12y agoThis is why platform/ecosystem giants like Microsoft, Facebook, and Google cannot be, and should not try to be WhatsApp. By the time they get there, the battleground will have shifted out from under them.
- stephenr 12y agoThe precursor to hangouts (talk) had the best kind of cross platform support: it was an open standard (xmpp) so you didn't need the official Google app to use it. The major im apps are all built on xmpp base anyway so what's missing is support for any extensions they create and open access for third party clients using standard xmpp protocols
- qwertzuiopasd 12y ago3) focus on text instead of video 4) a ux that deserves the name ux 5) minus google+