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Whizbang posted:Well, you're wrong. In true Google fashion, I say there's about an 90% chance that the third messaging client (let's ignore everything before Hangouts) will not have any integration with Google Voice voicemail transcripts at all, and Hangouts will be neglected more and more while reading voicemail transcripts will get harder and harder. Still, living in a Google Voice world is pretty great. Voicemails, SMS, and Hangouts all integrated into one app that also works seamlessly on the desktop and between devices...even WiFi-only tablets.
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Mar 7, 2016 17:18
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Uthor posted:Work doesn't provide a WiFi network for us to connect to. There's a semi-open network setup for customers, but we're not supposed to use it. Unless the WiFi based location can use WiFi I'm not connected to, it's not useful for me. You don't have to connect to it. Your phone just has to be able to see it.
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Mar 9, 2016 22:02
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Defenestration posted:Is there a language learning app that isn't bubblegum garbage like duolingo? I'm specifically looking for Dutch right now but I'll take any suggestions "bubblegum garbage" is not a good description of what you don't like about duolingo for anyone to give you any suggestions for anything else.
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Mar 15, 2016 00:35
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Tots posted:What's the hot cross platform group chat app these days? Slack maybe? That's marketed towards professional environments though. I'm looking for something that will be good for a hobby-based chat with like 100ish people in it for organizing get togethers, doing quick pulse checks, and general chat. Discord is pretty good, but I'll admit I don't use it on Android very much.
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Mar 18, 2016 13:47
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Thermopyle posted:Discord is pretty good, but I'll admit I don't use it on Android very much. Tots posted:Thanks for all the tips everyone. I ended up going with slack after trying out the other ones, Tots posted:It's not too late to switch over and I haven't tried discord yet. Will check it out. Any specific advantages over Slack that you like? YOU GODDAMNED LIAR
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Mar 18, 2016 19:34
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Something started recently that makes me want to fastball my phone. I'll go to hangouts via notification, start typing my reply, and all of a sudden in the middle of typing it flips to the Hangouts splash screen and says "signing in" and drops me back into the conversation list instead of the conversation I was in the middle of typing in. Anyone else have this start happening recently?
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Mar 24, 2016 19:24
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I've been perfectly fine with Hangouts with Google Voice until this issue so I'm not quite ready to say it blows.
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Mar 24, 2016 20:44
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Mogomra posted:I was being a bit harsh, but to be honest, I can never remember a time when I thought Google Voice worked as well as just using my phone's number. There has always been something that didn't work well, or just didn't work at all. I started using GVoice when it was actually GrandCentral and up until a couple years ago I felt the exact same way. Then Google got it integrated with Hangouts and then got it working right in Hangouts and then it's been so well integrated across desktop and mobile that I forget that not everyone lives in the glorious Google Voice world I live in. Until it got lovely for me a couple days ago. But now maybe it's better? I haven't had a problem in a couple hours...
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Mar 24, 2016 23:39
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flatluigi posted:What's the best way to set up my tablet to connect to my phone and use its data plan for internet? My tablet's wifi only but I'd love to be able to use it reliably on a car trip. On all my devices you can just go into wireless settings and turn on tethering which H then gives your tablet a wifi network to connect to. Of course you might have a poo poo carrier with a poo poo carrier-branded device that blocks this...
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Mar 31, 2016 14:21
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Yes, no. I seem to have managed to fix it by wiping data for hangouts...
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Apr 2, 2016 04:33
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Chrome custom tabs as implemented by Chromer are faster than Chrome. That's not exactly enough to keep me using it, the next two things are what does it for me: 1. Because I have a ton of data on my mobile plan (though you can configure it to do this only on wifi), I really like the option where it scans everything you're looking at and pre-loads urls so if you click one of them it's already loaded. Here's hoping it's not uploading everything I look at to China. 2. You can stack up a bunch of links in floating Link Bubble style bubbles. So, for example, when I'm looking at my suggested Google Now stories, I can look through them, click the ones I want, and each one pops open another bubble. Then when I get to end of list, I can go through the bubbles and read the articles.
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Apr 7, 2016 14:52
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Lowen SoDium posted:It has seemed very hit or miss about loading the page in the background. This is what I liked about Link Bubble was loading several pages from Reddit Is Fun in to bubbles, and letting them load up while I read more headlines. Then opening the bubbles which will have fully loaded in the background. Oh yeah, it does that for me as well. I'll stack 'em up and when I click them sometimes that's when they start to load. It's not ideal, but the loading of the bubbles in the background is only part of the utility to me...the main part of the utility is a reminder to look at this link when I'm done looking at what I'm looking at.
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Apr 7, 2016 19:06
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Don't forget about Grimbo!
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Apr 9, 2016 21:09
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it seems a little odd to use Android and be concerned about a company tracking everything you do.
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Apr 10, 2016 05:42
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Waze is really good in ways that Maps is not and vice versa. Overall I end up using Maps because where it's better than Waze ends up being the most important for me. Really though, it's hard to go wrong with either unless one is just really bad at something important to you. (this completely generic review can also work for any two apps... but also reflects my honest opinion about Waze vs Maps)
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Apr 12, 2016 01:58
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It's been years since I bought an app that wasn't paid for with survey bucks...surveys are subsidizing a lot of app developer incomes.
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Apr 13, 2016 21:04
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Geektox posted:Cool let's have this discussion again like there's an good argument to be made for not paying someone for their work that you use and enjoy. Calling out people for being stupid about paying for apps is more worthwhile than arguing about Touchwiz.
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Apr 19, 2016 13:55
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I use whitepages caller id. Works fine. The ideal solution would come from the carrier, but carriers suck so here we are.
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Apr 21, 2016 18:32
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cubicle gangster posted:I posted in here a while ago asking for a vnc style app, but we still cant get one working. Maybe because our app is built in unity? This isn't really the thread for this. You should try this one.
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May 2, 2016 20:03
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Red Warrior posted:Yeah it appeared in the last week or so. You can also start it from Menu, Start Driving. Came out in January. https://maps.googleblog.com/2016/01/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go-now-google-maps.html?m=1
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May 20, 2016 15:41
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Klowns posted:Anybody else getting a silly amount of Google Reward surveys? I've gotten seven since yesterday and my phone has moved from my nightstand to my computer desk, not that I mind the extra $3.50 Yeah, I've gotten around that same number in the same amount of time. I don't let it buzz or make any sound so it doesn't bother me.
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May 22, 2016 17:03
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fluppet posted:What's the best combination of apps to automatically sync photos to a nas when on home wifi? Install Dropbox on phone and on NAS and set it to sync photos on wifi? Probably a better solution available, because I don't think there's a way to select which wifi networks it syncs on. Alternatively, embrace the butt and use Google Photos.
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May 30, 2016 14:43
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smr posted:permanent alarm Sometimes I get something similar when I turn off my vehicle while listening to Pocket Casts. It will just keep playing through the phone speakers. The app says its stopped and the notification says its stopped. Fortunately, swiping PC off of the task view works to kill it.
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May 31, 2016 15:15
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Alternatively, OneNote is great on phones, but OneNote isn't great for todo lists compared to Keep.
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Jun 1, 2016 22:30
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Uthor posted:http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/9/11895172/google-android-play-store-nearby-app-recommendation That's awesome and a great addition.
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Jun 9, 2016 23:52
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Just get loving youtube red you cheapass people. It's great.
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Jun 12, 2016 20:12
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Funso Banjo posted:It was an awesome feature. I didn't like it because I'm a heavy web user. I'll have tons of tabs and it made it hard to find the regular app I'm looking for.
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Jun 24, 2016 19:19
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I don't use Twitter, but...i don't see how twitter could be a huge data hog in the first place. It's just small amounts of text.
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Jun 25, 2016 16:00
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Well yes, but aren't those just links? It seems odd to me that apps would just be downloading all linked images and videos by default.
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Jun 25, 2016 16:33
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butt dickus posted:Hangouts is one of my most-used apps. I can't remember the last time I had a problem with it but I only use it for Hangouts messages and GV. Hello, me. Actually, hangouts is among my favorite apps.
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Jun 28, 2016 16:02
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Luchadork posted:You know, I love Google Music, but the stations feature really needs some work. I actually prefer stations that way, but that's because I'm extremely casual about my music and just want the sounds played at my ears with no interaction on my part. I'd hate to have to go select some sub genre of a radio station to listen to. I just want google to play me some music and it's nice if there's some theoretical theme to tie the selections together. My guess is that this isn't really an example of Google being Google in that they can't quite get their act together, but it's Google being Google in that they have a specific use case they designed for (and in my opinion, succeeded quite well at).
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Jul 13, 2016 18:10
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spincube posted:I just wish there was more flexibility for automatic playlists. Why can't I shuffle all the Blues music I have thumbs-up-ed in my library? Why can't I create a twenty minute playlist of songs I haven't listened to lately for when I'm commuting? - etc. Yes, this would be cool stuff.
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Jul 13, 2016 21:02
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nocal posted:Duo, in and of itself, is "perfect" to me in terms of what is required of an app. Very simple, high quality, cross-platform, and does one thing perfectly. I agree with this. I think most of the idea behind Duo is sound and good. Unfortunately, it's not for me and it sucks that it sounds like it comes at the expense of Hangouts.
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Aug 21, 2016 20:02
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I always wish it would give me a way to say "im not interested in whatever signal made you think i wanted this bullshit".
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Aug 22, 2016 02:37
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Luchadork posted:The problem with Allo and Duo is going to be the same problem Hangouts has, which is they're only good if most of the people you talk to are willing to download and use them. Like 90% of my social circle is on Android, but no one would use Hangouts, even when it came pre-installed because SMS worked fine for them and what is this green app thing. No, people using Hangouts a lot are the ones with weird friends. Duo seems to be very popular based upon reviews/downloads on the Play Store...but its install base is still tiny compared to the number of people using smartphones.
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Aug 23, 2016 22:43
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All these IM apps are goddamn poo poo. Its like no one remember what made the internet good. Create a low-level, open, cross-platform specification and then let people make whatever apps they want implementing said specification. SMS/MMS is kind of there, but it's too much controlled by carriers and too lacking in features.
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Aug 23, 2016 22:46
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dazjw posted:Matrix.org is trying to do this, although it's probably just going to XMPP hard. Yeah, I fully support what they're doing. Of course, anything that doesn't have the support of multiple big players like Google, FB, etc really has an uphill battle.
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Aug 24, 2016 16:03
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I always mean to mention this, but if any of you RSS/news junkies want to use TinyTinyRSS but lack the technical chops or time to set up a server, and I get enough people telling me they're interested, I'll set up a server for you. It basically works like a better version of the defunct Google Reader. The Android app works very well. Just PM me if you're interested. Note that if there's enough interest I might one day charge something for it just to cover costs, but it'd have to be more popular than I imagine it will be for me to even worry about the costs.
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calandryll posted:What app are you using on Android? I've got my own instance of TTRSS. Wouldn't mind something to connect to with my tablet when I'm on vacation. The Official One
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