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hooah posted:Now that notification actions are a thing, what advantages do third-party text apps have over Messages? Textra is beautiful
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The Play listing says it contains ads. How much is the IAP to remove them?
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Kheldarn posted:The Play listing says it contains ads. How much is the IAP to remove them? Few bucks? Less than the cost of lunch? Whatever it is, definitely worth it.
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Aug 2, 2017 14:09
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Kheldarn posted:The Play listing says it contains ads. How much is the IAP to remove them? This begs the question of how much Google Play survey bucks do you not have? I've got like $50 just chilling in there.
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Scudworth posted:Textra is beautiful I have tried many third party apps, but keep coming back to Hangouts simply because I like texting from my computer. I tried the Pushbullet app and found the web interface to be really lacking. Any other suggestions?
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Aug 2, 2017 17:06
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Leon Sumbitches posted:I have tried many third party apps, but keep coming back to Hangouts simply because I like texting from my computer. I tried the Pushbullet app and found the web interface to be really lacking. Any other suggestions? This is why I continue to use Hangouts and Google Voice. Hangouts on the desktop is, AFAICT with regards to the UI, the best cross-platform SMS (with Google Voice) and IM thingy.
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I still use join for texting from the computer but it's chrome extension is extremely fugly, though it does work
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Blue Train posted:I still use join for texting from the computer but it's chrome extension is extremely fugly, though it does work You've got to admit that Join has gotten much better in terms of UI but yeah, I wish that guy would meet a UI person who could help that app. It works extremely well but it's a bear to set up and the UI is problematic at best. I'd never recommend it to a non-nerd.
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Aug 2, 2017 17:42
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Are there any good weather apps? I've had Weather Timeline on my phone for 6 months or so and it is convinced that it is always raining, about to rain, or that the rain will be stopping soon, regardless of the actual conditions (it hasn't rained in several weeks).
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swampface posted:Are there any good weather apps? I've had Weather Timeline on my phone for 6 months or so and it is convinced that it is always raining, about to rain, or that the rain will be stopping soon, regardless of the actual conditions (it hasn't rained in several weeks). Weather Underground can't make a pretty widget to save their life, but it's always been as accurate as weather can be.
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Aug 2, 2017 17:54
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Really, really like DarkSky. Seems to be super accurate and the app itself is great.
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Aug 2, 2017 17:57
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Darksky and weather timeline use the same data.
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Well, that's pretty odd then because DarkSky seems ridiculously accurate to me.
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You can change the provider in Weather Timeline from Dark Sky to something else if you're having accuracy problems. A weather app is only good as the data source you have it set to.
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Thermopyle posted:Darksky and weather timeline use the same data. You can change the data source used by weather timeline.
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Aug 2, 2017 18:04
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LastInLine posted:You've got to admit that Join has gotten much better in terms of UI but yeah, I wish that guy would meet a UI person who could help that app. It works extremely well but it's a bear to set up and the UI is problematic at best. I'd never recommend it to a non-nerd. It's def much better than it was and I just realized you can change the accent color so that actually fixes the main problem I had with it
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I love Yahoo Weather's widget, but I'm pretty sure the data is crap.
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Blue Train posted:It's def much better than it was and I just realized you can change the accent color so that actually fixes the main problem I had with it Another thing you can do is tailor the menus for each device in the Chrome extension which greatly declutters the menu.
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I like Weather Live. I used it on iOS, so I was happy to see it come to Android. Comedy option: What The Forecast.
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Moey posted:I love Yahoo Weather's widget, but I'm pretty sure the data is crap. I love how their app looks, but the notifications are hilariously bad. As in, an hour into a heavy thunderstorm which has triggered NOAA warnings for flooding and tornados , I'll get a notification that there is a 90% chance of a rain shower in the next 15 minutes.
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Aug 2, 2017 19:45
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Wait, you can send SMS from Hangouts on desktop? Does this require a Google Voice number? Currently I use Pulse for that, which is pretty good although it stopped getting texts so I switched back to Messages on my phone. Pulse still works from my PC so this setup is fine by me.
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Deeters posted:Does anyone have a good fuel mileage tracking app? I was using Fuelly, but the "app" is pretty much just a holder for their website. And I'm too lazy to make something in Sheets that does what I want. aCar does all of the vehicle things.
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Seconding acar, it's good
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SurgicalOntologist posted:Wait, you can send SMS from Hangouts on desktop? Does this require a Google Voice number? Voice or Project Fi, yeah. When I left Fi I specifically ported my number to Voice so I could continue to use Hangouts like that.
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AnimalChin posted:aCar does all of the vehicle things. I tried aCar back in 2010 and it's refreshing to see an app that never felt the need to move beyond the Froyo era of design. Right down the isometric icon, it's like a time capsule.
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Can someone explain to me why, no matter what weather app I use, it won't send me push notifications about severe weather warnings until after I've checked the app? Like, if there's a tornado warning, I want to know immediately, not four minutes before expiring because I happened to open the app up. Notifications are on and have priority.
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Aug 3, 2017 05:26
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What phone? That's probably more important than the weather app.
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bull3964 posted:What phone? Galaxy S7.
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It's probably Samsung's aggressive memory policies kicking out the background process that would service the notification.
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LastInLine posted:I tried aCar back in 2010 and it's refreshing to see an app that never felt the need to move beyond the Froyo era of design. Right down the isometric icon, it's like a time capsule. aCar is really good and does what it sets out to do perfectly but yeah, god drat dude, spend the time and updated the visuals. 
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Looks like it was last updated late 2015. Doesn't seem like it's being worked on anymore.
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Uthor posted:Looks like it was last updated late 2015. Doesn't seem like it's being worked on anymore. Looks like they've merged with another company and are developing version 5.0. Which probably means it will suck. 
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AnimalChin posted:Looks like they've merged with another company and are developing version 5.0. I respect that their announcement page in no way leads back to either app or any information about either app. I also like that it features both icons at the top which make it look like a promotion for Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0.
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CascadeBeta posted:Galaxy S7. I have no problems with weather warnings and general notifications using Weather Timeline on my S7.
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Oh god, after about 1000hrs in Pocketcasts I decided to have a look at the alternatives.... And Podcast Addict already does all the things I've been holding out hope for PC adding, while fixing some of the idiosyncrasies that I learned to live with. Wish I'd checked it out ages ago now. Maybe I need to check all these apps I've blindly stuck with year on year.
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Does it also have a web app? Lack of that would be a deal breaker for me. Regardless, what cool things does it do that Pocket Casts does not?
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MeKeV posted:Oh god, after about 1000hrs in Pocketcasts I decided to have a look at the alternatives.... And Podcast Addict already does all the things I've been holding out hope for PC adding, while fixing some of the idiosyncrasies that I learned to live with. Honestly, I just switched to Google play music for pod casts so I can have one less app.
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AnimalChin posted:Looks like they've merged with another company and are developing version 5.0. Oh, definitely. Fuelly is goddamn incompetent.
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DemonMage posted:Does it also have a web app? Lack of that would be a deal breaker for me. It doesn't have a web player, but that's the most upvoted suggestion. It looks like it handles Youtube, radio stations, and other channels of content. Tsyni posted:Honestly, I just switched to Google play music for pod casts so I can have one less app. I tried using this instead of Pocketcasts for months. I missed skipping ahead 30 seconds with my car's Next button (Google Play skips to the next episode of the podcast, which is the stupidest design), playback speed, programmable up next playlist, etc.. They're also missing a ton of podcasts.
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