Google recommends Messenger for SMS instead of Hangouts!

Since Hangouts supports SMS, we thought Google would do everything possible to move towards this fully centralized use. This is the displeasure of users and sending text messages, nothing can beat lightness to a convoluted solution. It is in this context that the Messenger application was born and even Google recommends its use. Who would believe that?

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Google has already talked about Hangouts several times. As well as the “last” possibility of being able to sending and receiving text messages It has managed to make a name for itself with the famous video bubbles that it started with Google+ within the application. As Hangouts has grown, it is often among the applications installed by default on smartphones in the market.

But the introduction of this “feature”, SMS, did not encounter difficulties. Later, many users complained of slowness or even errors in consolidation between Hangouts messages and text messages linked to a user. The issue was so significant that Google chose to revise its targets. Instead of imposing Hangouts on as many people as possible, the Mountain View firm, offer an alternative.

This is how Messenger was born. Available on Play StoreThe Messenger app only deals with SMS, MMS and does it well. implied fast and error free. Since then, the discontent of users has disappeared. When you know this date, it becomes a lot more fun to read that Google has recommended the app in official Project Fi support:

For now, we recommend using Messenger as the default SMS app. There are new features that are not yet supported in Hangouts, such as group messages.

So the message is clear. No, not Hangouts not yet met expectations from google. So much so that the company’s latest innovation now works better in Messenger. A worse rejection could not be imagined.

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