Google Messages for Web readies account-based pairing w/ emojis
Google Messages for Web readies account-based pairing w/ emojis
Google Messages is preparing an easier way to pair your phone and send messages from the web browser, and there’s...
It's kind of amazing it took this long - I don't know why they didn't do it this way from the start.
10 1 ReplyWith how often Google drops messaging apps, they were probably having internal conflicts with another messaging app in the pipeline.
Google messages won this round of rock, paper, and scissors and lives to see another day. lol
7 1 ReplyWith how often Google drops messaging apps, they were probably having internal conflicts with another messaging app in the pipeline.
Google Messages is just their SMS app. How would that be in conflict with whatever else they have in development?
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Since when did you need to scan a QR code to read your text messages on a desktop? I've never had to do anything like that.
2 2 ReplyHuh? I've had to do that for years now. How did yours ever pair?
13 0 ReplyThey use Fi
5 0 ReplyWhy would you need to "pair" something that's over the web? Just log into your Google account and view the messages through Hangouts. Last I checked, it still works.
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That's how I get WhatsApp on a desktop browser, have done for years. Sometimes I'm sending a photo that's only on the hard drive. Also it's easier to type.
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Fun fact, Element / Matrix have had this covered for ages.
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