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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why does google have 3 messaging apps?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When internally, you have multiple teams competing, you get the following lmaoo

https://images.app.goo.gl/UNHdEde5gUodGhhx5

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Here's your link attached directly! Credit: xkcd.

[–] PixxlMan 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For real. I was like "Chat? Which of their messaging apps is that?" Messages at least seems like it'll be around for a while, but I don't trust Google with not killing any of their projects...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Google will kill off one app to force you to move to another... And then they'll kill off that one too.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Isn't Google Chat a feature of Google Messages? It's what they call RCS for some reason.

[–] yoevli 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, different product with almost the exact same name lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's a bonus for more confusion: in Google Messages if your carrier doesn't self host RCS, that "Chat" toggle changes to a ”Google Jibe" one πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

Edit: clarify app

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It tells you at the bottom what backend you're using

[–] uberkalden 6 points 1 year ago

Messages is sms, MMS, RCS. I'm not sure what chat uses, but it's a data protocol not tied to the cell network

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they stopped calling it Chat in Google messages a while ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Screenshot taken moments ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it's still dumb, but in that screenshot they are not using Chat anywhere as a proper noun. The option to get to this screen is no longer Chat settings it's RCA settings. Conversations it says RCS message instead of Chat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

that is chat not Chat (proper noun)

see it's dumb

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought they got rid of Google chat and made it only for their paid plans or whatever, I remember uninstalling it and switching to signal when they killed it.

Also why is the update to make it look the same it did before

[–] uberkalden 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They migrated hangouts to chat and opened chat up to unpaid users

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All the talk about killing hangouts and they just end up migrating it instead. What is up at Google

[–] uberkalden 6 points 1 year ago

Well, they did kill hangouts. They never said they were going to kill it and also leave their users without an easy migration path. If anything this is better. They reduced redundant apps. Hangouts did somethings better though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

…yea and it’s Apple’s fault Chat is a terrible experience.