Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
by brendanmc6 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:22AM
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I tried this a few years ago, it only worked for American customers. But it did save me some money making calls. Last I checked they basically abandoned their mobile app for a near decade...
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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
by prepend on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:24AM
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The mobile app is poor, but can send texts and push text alerts to me.
I think GV is limited to US numbers and you have to have a US number to sign up.
It places a burden on my contacts who want to send an sms because they have to use international rates. But it’s better than not being able to text me.
Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
by beagle3 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:16AM
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The GV app is usable again recently - it was never really abandoned, just not given any major attention for a while. It did lose the "call back" option, which is a bummer.
However, installing the Hangouts client will let you use it as a better GV app for every day use (messages/voice, for settings and stuff you still need the GV app or the GV website).
At least until Hangout dies ...