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by buckbova 3395 days ago
> I have a friend on Android, I have an iPhone, how do I message them? What's your best solution. What if I want to switch from messaging to voice?

Install hangouts on the iphone. It's not going anywhere anytime soon.

Or you can have your friend install iMessage on the android. Wait apple doesn't port it's apps to android? I'm stunned.
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rovek 3391 days ago
+1 to this.

I think one party or other will always have to maintain an additional app to support that use case. I have a group chat with a few friends who have flitted between Android and iOS and the group has continued seamlessly for years.

I'm not sure if there's a reason to go Hangouts over Whatsapp, other than both parties having to maintain an additional app

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threeseed 3395 days ago
Hangouts isn't going anywhere ?

We've all heard that many times before and with so many other apps duplicating Hangouts functionality I wouldn't be so confident.

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buckbova 3395 days ago
The previous incarnation of what's now hangouts was seamlessly updated on whatever phone I had at the time when it was phased out. I don't even remember the name because it doesn't matter. Been on android since froyo without issue of the messenger app being retired.

It's not going anywhere anytime soon like I said and when it does, it'll get updated with the next thing and still have chat, voice, and video.

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