Google Finally Getting Their Android Text Messaging Sh!t Together

[Walgreens]

Not that I'm against anything that will improve the experience, but what's so bad about SMS? I've used Messages for the past year after finally ditching the pre-installed SMS app on my phone. I don't have any problem with it.

 

[Auger]

What I am saying is, all Android phones have a suite of Google standard apps, unless I'm mistaken. They come with Google Maps, Gmail, Calendar, Messenges etc. The manufacturer then puts on their 3rd party apps of the same shyt, so that's why you have bloatware when you get a Samsung, HTC, etc when you buy their phones compared to the Pixel for example.

You have options as to which messaging application will be your default app, so I don't see what you're saying as a factor.

I haven't seen Google's messages app included in their suite of products.

 

[Liquid]

Telegram is pretty much all I use these days.

But glad to see Google FINALLY fix a major android problem

 

[AB Ziggy]

I can already text through PushBullet. Whats so new about this?

 

[levitate]

This is great and bad at the same time. Great because you can text WAY faster on a keyboard but bad because you don't want to give the impression that you sitting around with lots of idle time for people.

But who's that in your profile pic, though?

 

[Fatboi1]

But who's that in your profile pic, though?

Mahya
Japan Indies » Mahya

 

[Oatmeal]

As long as you can turn off read receipts.

I can see it now "So you ain't get my message"

 

[GoldenGlove]

 

[shutterguy]

I had Textra for quite awhile, gonna give this Android Message a try. One of the things I liked about Textra is that it is fully customizable.

 

[ll_simon]

I copped a X the other day. I ain’t waiting around for Google to figure out how to make a iMessage competitor.

 

[Pure Water]

Not that I'm against anything that will improve the experience, but what's so bad about SMS? I've used Messages for the past year after finally ditching the pre-installed SMS app on my phone. I don't have any problem with it.

A lot. It relies on the carriers signal to send messages. There's a character limit and when that limit is reached the message has to be sent in multiple messages or an MMS. Speaking of MMS, it's horrible too. You can't send large files without degrading quality to unwatchable levels and again it requires a cellular signal.

Simply put, SMS/MMS is archaic and needs to be replaced fast.

 

[R=G]

I copped a X the other day. I ain’t waiting around for Google to figure out how to make a iMessage competitor.

You bought a $1,000 phone for text messaging?

 

[MikelArteta]

i just use whatsapp

 

[Third Kind]

a android. I recently left them cause they couldn't get their shyt together. Something tells me they'll fukkk this up somehow

 

[Panther]

this caught my attention when i read about it a few weeks back

Google should've been did something to put out a proper imessage competitor