Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by davidw on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:39PM
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Weird. I have a Nexus 4, which is several years old at this point, and hangouts runs fine on it. Maybe because the OS itself is fairly up to date?
Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by bendbro on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:18PM
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I have a Nexus 5 running the latest Android (excluding N) and have exactly the same problems the commenter above you describes.
Not only that, but when I've explained these issues to my friends they respond with the same response you gave, down to the 'weird.'
Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by cja on Thursday September 22, 2016 @02:25AM
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Hangouts crashes all the time on my Nexus 6P. Video calls are buggy and any interaction with photos is extremely sluggish. This has been going on for months and months.
And the name is stupid. When I used to encourage people to use Hangouts, I always had to explain the name. Talk is a great name and they should have gone back to it for Allo.
The UI lags hard for me during common operations, such as opening the app, and sending messages; often there's a several second lag between pressing the send button, the entry field blanking, and the message finally showing up in the conversation w/ UI indicating that it's in the process of being sent.
And occasionally, yes, I out-type the app & phone's ability to process keyboard input. My phone is a bit old, but that seems like an excuse more than anything; I don't really understand why it's so hard for a device w/ a processor that measures its speed in GHz and RAM measured in GB to keep up with a single app whose job is to send text messages.
But alas, the phone world's opinion is that I should upgrade to the latest and greatest $400-$600 phone every 18 months.