Re:Overrun With Messaging Apps
by lnanek2 on Friday December 06, 2013 @03:10PM
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Google is making a play too, with Hangouts now handling SMS. Although the people I've talked to who try that hate it, because it often sends a chat message when they wanted to text the person. Texts are just seen as much more personal and immediate where are chat texts aren't much different from email.
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Maybe they should put a big SMS label on it so you know, or put "SMS 000-000-0000" at the top to signify it's an SMS chat rather than the Hangout. (This is how it is today, btw)
There's a toggle at the top of the app that lets you choose whether you want to send your contacts an SMS or an IM.
I've been using the Hangouts app for a few weeks now and am pretty impressed with it so far. It's become my go-to messenger. All of my friends usually keep their Gchat open during work, so switching seamlessly between chat and SMS has been a pretty good experience so far.
The app, though, is a little slow to load and send SMS's, but not enough to warrant disuse.