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tl;dr: after pushing rcs so hard for years, killing hangouts well after forgetting about it, & hiding it from gmail, google now wants you to use its (and google allo's) successor, google chat.

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[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 4 points 1 year ago

All i ask Google is for them to let users install Gmail Go on all devices.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

My D&D group uses it for planning. It's basically the only context where I use it. It's suitable to the task, but doesn't really have any distinguishing features.

[–] RedditExodus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah let me just convince my friends and family to stop using Signal and start using Google Chat. I'll get riiiiiight on that!

[–] Exilfranke@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I honestly had no idea that this existed. Messages is also useless until Google and Apple get their s*** together and figure out a cross plattform standard to communicate. Until then, I use third party apps.

[–] NENathaniel@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

Google Chat still exists?? Lol prob not for long

I'll stick with Telegram & Signal

[–] Human0101@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Google is known for discontinuing or hindering their products... I'll just stay with what I have

[–] huskerDude@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm one of the fools who convinced friends and family to switch to Allo. Not gonna fall for this again.

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've used so many chat applications from Google over the year that it's all just become a blur lol

[–] TMoney 2 points 1 year ago

Best thing I ever did was use Beeper and link my google chat account. Now I don't have to use their dumb interface but I can keep in touch with my friends.

[–] Mozami@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Google reminds us that Google Chat can be used with friends and family

For now...

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