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XIII posted:Google must really hate the Hangouts team lol, the whole reason i used hangouts is that i have terrible signal in my office and could still text my wife and friends who know how to use hangouts via wifi, but not have to communicate with, like, my mom and other olds who only know how to sms with a totally separate app. Integration was the whole selling point of it for me. As much as I'm loathe to repurchase all the apps I have on my android, and as much as I'll miss the customization of using third party launchers and stuff, I may very well just have to go iPhone next upgrade. I'd like to be on an ecosystem that doesn't constantly take steps backwards for no reason.
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Thermopyle posted:It is if you use Google Voice! There's the option to pick voice call, SMS, or Hangouts. That's part of the problem, though. Hangouts is basically the opposite of something that "just works" like imessage, requiring lots of setup or esoteric things like Google Voice that almost no one has. Like, I would like to SMS from my computer using something seamless like hangouts, but that would require me to set up Google voice. I'm one of the few people who actually HAS a GV number, but I only use it for voicemail, so using it would require telling everyone I know to change my phone number. It's not worth it.
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They should just rename "Hangouts" to "Messenger" and make it seamless like iMessage, as already mentioned. I use "Hangouts" for like 3 people (only 1 of which actually know what it is) and yeah it's great to reply on the desktop instead occasionally, but everyone else just sends me texts via sms/mms. I usually just use Textra and it has been fine for me. Keyser_Soze fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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Dec 23, 2015 18:32
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Do Google ... actually know what they're doing? Has someone's unemployable fuckup cousin been promoted to the Messaging team? 'whoooo wants some STICKERS?  '
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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I'm the exact opposite. Everyone I know uses hangouts and I just have like 3 people that text me (like my parents.) So, SMS is infrequent for me. I might send a hundred messages on hangouts a day, but I'll only send a few dozen SMS in a month.
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Krime posted:Gmail - Note 5 Yeah, same thing happens on my Note 5. Along the same vein, is there a quick way to send an open email to the trash in Inbox? It seems they replaced the trash icon with "done," but I don't want to archive every lovely email I receive. Or maybe I just don't understand the point/functionality of Done.
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Taffer posted:That's part of the problem, though. Hangouts is basically the opposite of something that "just works" like imessage, requiring lots of setup or esoteric things like Google Voice that almost no one has. Yes, I wasn't defending hangouts as being good because of that, just that in that narrow use case it works well and if you want that functionality that's how you get it.
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Honestly if Google just built a MightyText-like functionality into Messenger and made a messenger.google.com page or Chrome extension or whatever for it, I'd be happy. I don't need a dedicated IM/video chat service.
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Offered as a brief respite from Messenger talk, I just started using a "brain training" app called Elevate and while I won't speak to its effectiveness as a brain trainer, boy is it a beautifully designed app. Check it out for free and tap on some words and poo poo or whatever I dunno. I wish more people would design their apps like this.
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Taffer posted:So Google already has messenger and hangouts, both of which are complete poo poo, and it's plan is to.... Make a 3rd app that supposed to compete with one of the biggest texting/messaging apps out there? Wave's back, baby! With chatbots I'm gonna guess the idea is something like moving Google Now into more spaces. Instead of having a separate search app you can interact with by directing voice commands at it, maybe followed by some more voice commands, it could become an entity you can just chat to like a knowledgeable person you know, which might feel more natural for some people. Or so you can have conversations where you can ask this lurking presence a question and it responds in the chat where everyone can see, and anyone in there can interact with it to get extra info, like if you're planning a day out or something. So instead of going to look stuff up and then relaying the information back to everyone yourself, Google is right in there With You Always, that helpful third party chat participant. Or like that Alexa thing, except it's in all your virtual social spaces instead of your physical one Then there'll be multiple chatbots that are some experiment in AI personalities, with their own mannerisms and likes and opinions based on harvesting user interaction data and
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Dec 24, 2015 07:21
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That's creepy as gently caress and the instant a random bot chirps up with a unsolicited suggestion in messaging, people are going to flip their poo poo.
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Bhodi posted:That's creepy as gently caress and the instant a random bot chirps up with a unsolicited suggestion in messaging, people are going to flip their poo poo. Flip their poo poo more or less than someone responding earnestly to a facetious post?
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It's a sad day when the Google now invasion makes it plausible enough to be true
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Dec 24, 2015 15:59
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Solid File Explorer is 99c to unlock today, half of the regular price. For those who are still suffering the sting of ES File Explorer turning to crap, this is a pretty decent replacement/alternative. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
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For anyone who is looking to migrate away from ES Explorer, Solid Explorer is on sale for $0.99 right now. You install the trial and then buy the full version as an in app purchase. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
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Jinx! I don't recall it being mentioned, but you can get three months of Google Play Music and YouTube Red for $1 right now.
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Rexxed posted:Solid File Explorer is 99c to unlock today, half of the regular price. For those who are still suffering the sting of ES File Explorer turning to crap, this is a pretty decent replacement/alternative. BeastOfExmoor posted:For anyone who is looking to migrate away from ES Explorer, Solid Explorer is on sale for $0.99 right now. You install the trial and then buy the full version as an in app purchase. Can you transfer files between two devices over wifi with Solid Explorer like you can with ES? It's not something I use that often, but, when I do, it's pretty handy. I don't need a file manager often, so I've still got ES installed, but I've considered switching. EDIT: gently caress it, I just went ahead and bought it. It's pretty clearly better designed and worth a dollar. I basically only transfer large amounts of files between devices when I upgrade phones, so I'm not sure why I even cared. XIII fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Dec 24, 2015 |
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BeastOfExmoor posted:For anyone who is looking to migrate away from ES Explorer, Solid Explorer is on sale for $0.99 right now. You install the trial and then buy the full version as an in app purchase. Nice. Purchased.
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XIII posted:Can you transfer files between two devices over wifi with Solid Explorer like you can with ES? It's not something I use that often, but, when I do, it's pretty handy. I don't need a file manager often, so I've still got ES installed, but I've considered switching. Under the Share menu there's an option to push your selected files over NFC/Android Beam. Can't speak to how well it works though.
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XIII posted:Can you transfer files between two devices over wifi with Solid Explorer like you can with ES? It's not something I use that often, but, when I do, it's pretty handy. I don't need a file manager often, so I've still got ES installed, but I've considered switching. They have an FTP Server Plugin for it: This is the FTP Server plugin for Solid Explorer 2.0. Features: - remotely manage files on your device from your PC or even another phone/tablet - configurable shared directories and port number - password protected or anonymous access - works in LAN and Access Point mode
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Weird thing: Maps isn't defaulting to my current location when I try to navigate. I have to select Starting Location and hit Current Location. Anyone else getting this? EDIT: disabling Maps then enabling it again fixed it XIII fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Dec 25, 2015 |
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Dec 25, 2015 06:56
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Are the Facebook and its sister Messenger app still massive battery hogs?
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They never were, hth cyaaaaa~
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E.T. NO HOMO posted:They never were, hth cyaaaaa~ The facebook app was, once upon a time due to excessive GPS usage IIRC. I find the chat heads feature of messenger made one of my older phones slow to a crawl, so if there's any part of messenger that eats battery that's probably the culprit.
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I removed the Facebook app about a month ago and started using the mobile web page version. Battery life has improved pretty substantially as a result.
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Are the Facebook and its sister Messenger app still massive battery hogs? The Messenger app is great for me and I use an old rear end Galaxy S4. I don't have the facebook app installed, I just use the mobile web version to consume less data on my bad verizon plan.
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I use the web browser for Facebook and Messenger to chat and have no issues.
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With Chrome allowing Facebook notifications, there is zero legit reason to use the actual app any longer. Unless you are 13 and live on FB I guess.
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Is there any way of customising the notifications chrome gives? Last time I checked there wasn't, I'd really like a silent with vibrate notification for fb like I can do with the app
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XIII posted:I use the web browser for Facebook and Messenger to chat and have no issues. Yeah, this is what I do as well. I use Firefox though, so I don't get notifications, but it's not like I get that many anyway.
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hotsauce posted:With Chrome allowing Facebook notifications, there is zero legit reason to use the actual app any longer. 13 year olds live on Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat. Middle aged women live on Facebook.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:13 year olds live on Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat. Middle aged women live on Facebook. I have nieces and a nephew around that age and they all use facebook and snapchat a lot more than Twitter. Instagram was huge for younger kids until snapchat came around, now I always see them using that app.
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hooah posted:Yeah, this is what I do as well. I use Firefox though, so I don't get notifications, but it's not like I get that many anyway. I don't even use the Chrome notifications. I just get emails when things happen and that system works well enough.
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Once I disabled all of the GPS bullshit in Facebook and messenger I actually had very little battery suckage from either
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vyst posted:Once I disabled all of the GPS bullshit in Facebook and messenger I actually had very little battery suckage from either That might explain why I've never seen the much talked about battery drain. I always turn that off, simply because none of my friends care where I'm sending messages from, so why bother
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senae posted:The facebook app was, once upon a time due to excessive GPS usage IIRC. I dont find they eat battery anymore but the facebook app gets updated A LOT and when it does it brings my phone to a crawl updating its 18'000 classes, to the point I uninstalled it. The browser version is aces anyway so you don't really lose out. This was on a Nexus 4, maybe its not an issue on newer devices and I haven’t installed it on my new device.
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Anyone have a suggestion for a good 'doodle on tablets' app? Ease of use and of sharing are key.
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FredMSloniker posted:Anyone have a suggestion for a good 'doodle on tablets' app? Ease of use and of sharing are key. I have Autodesk SketchBook - draw and paint and SketchBook Express installed. They both seem decent sketching programs with similar tool and options. I can't really tell you why Autodesk maintains two apps that do the same thing, just with slightly different layouts. I'm not really an artist, but they seem like quality apps.
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Wierd request of the day: is there an app that works as a speedometer, with audio cues that would help me keep a steady speed? I would set a speed, let's say 10 mph, and when I get below 9.5 mph it says "speed up" and when I get above 10.5 mph it says "slow down".
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