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03-25-2017, 04:56 PM
Google is killing SMS support for Hangouts
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Google is streamlining its messaging apps - or so they say.
Hangouts will ** longer support SMS texting, the company an**unced (https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/03/updates-in-g-suite-to-streamline-hangouts-and-gmail.html) along with several other updates in a blog post on Friday. As previously reported, hangouts will be split into Meet and Chat (http://mashable.com/2017/03/09/google-hangouts-meet-and-chat/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=). Google Talk, the company's outdated chat service, is finally being fully transitioned to Hangouts. The company is also killing Google+ circles and some Google Labs plugins.
SEE ALSO: Google is Slackifying Hangouts (http://mashable.com/2017/03/09/google-hangouts-meet-and-chat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
While this shouldn't impact iOS users much, The company recently renamed and an**unced (http://mashable.com/2017/02/24/google-rcs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Android Messages (formerly Messenger) as the default SMS app for Android phones. This came along with more steps toward RCS, a more advanced protocol than SMS. "In the next few weeks, you’ll see a **tification in the classic Hangouts app to switch to a**ther SMS app already on your phone for SMS, or to download Android Messages (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en) if one isn’t available" the company said in the blog post. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/24/google-hangouts-stop-supporting-sms/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Google is streamlining its messaging apps - or so they say.
Hangouts will ** longer support SMS texting, the company an**unced (https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/03/updates-in-g-suite-to-streamline-hangouts-and-gmail.html) along with several other updates in a blog post on Friday. As previously reported, hangouts will be split into Meet and Chat (http://mashable.com/2017/03/09/google-hangouts-meet-and-chat/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=). Google Talk, the company's outdated chat service, is finally being fully transitioned to Hangouts. The company is also killing Google+ circles and some Google Labs plugins.
SEE ALSO: Google is Slackifying Hangouts (http://mashable.com/2017/03/09/google-hangouts-meet-and-chat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
While this shouldn't impact iOS users much, The company recently renamed and an**unced (http://mashable.com/2017/02/24/google-rcs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) Android Messages (formerly Messenger) as the default SMS app for Android phones. This came along with more steps toward RCS, a more advanced protocol than SMS. "In the next few weeks, you’ll see a **tification in the classic Hangouts app to switch to a**ther SMS app already on your phone for SMS, or to download Android Messages (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=en) if one isn’t available" the company said in the blog post. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/24/google-hangouts-stop-supporting-sms/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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