I mean seriously, compared to facetime, mobile hangouts isnt even HD, has horrible lag, and takes forever to load
Last edited by a moderator:
It's new, there are bugs. They will get worked out over time. Welcome to Android! New features are always beta releases.I mean seriously, compared to facetime, mobile hangouts isnt even HD, has horrible lag, and takes forever to load
Again, Welcome to Android! Everything is beta on Android when it is first released.Google talk introduced video chatting back in what? 2011?
3 years later, same old problems.
Hangouts desktop works beautifully, mobile, hell no
Again, Welcome to Android! Everything is beta on Android when it is first released.
Because it is a new feature of Android. It is beta. It has bugs. Virtually all if not all new features released on Android have bugs because that is the nature of Android - it is geared toward first adopters who want new features quickly even if that means there will be bugs at first.uhh still doesn't explain why it sucks so much. I feel like compared to facetime, mobile hangouts is almost unusable.
Because it is a new feature of Android. It is beta. It has bugs. Virtually all if not all new features released on Android have bugs because that is the nature of Android - it is geared toward first adopters who want new features quickly even if that means there will be bugs at first.
The bugs eventually get worked out over time.
The first adopter mentality that Google caters to is very different from the I need an idiotproof device mentality that Apple caters to.
Welcome to Android; you're a first adopter!
I mean seriously, compared to facetime, mobile hangouts isnt even HD, has horrible lag, and takes forever to load
That's not what first adopter means. First adopter means that you are the first to get new technology and you accept that the price you pay for that is that there are going to be bugs. And an Android first adopter is someone who is the first to get new Android technology.Actually no, I've had an android phone since 2011.
Because developers can't predict the bugs that are in their software. If the software developers could predict which bugs were in their software, they would have written them differently to begin with. Some new apps/features have worse bugs than others.If everything else is a beta, why do certain "beta" apps like translate, now, maps, gmail all work better and are more functional than the awful quality of a video chat presented in hangouts.
None of those were Android apps/features. Apples-to-oranges comparison.I mean my Logitech webcam had better quality using MSN messanger in 2001 than mobile hangouts in 2014. And that Logitech webcam wasn't an HD 30 fps webcam.
Because it is a new feature of Android. It is beta. It has bugs. Virtually all if not all new features released on Android have bugs because that is the nature of Android - it is geared toward first adopters who want new features quickly even if that means there will be bugs at first.
The bugs eventually get worked out over time.
The first adopter mentality that Google caters to is very different from the I need an idiotproof device mentality that Apple caters to.
Welcome to Android; you're a first adopter!
Many factors -
Is the front facing camera HD? How fast it the network?
Phone/network play a role.
Everything new in Android is beta whether they call it that or not. As for making something a free standing app, that is something new requiring different interfaces with the OS.Hangouts is not beta, and it certainly isn't new. Hangouts video chat has been in the Google+ app since 2012, IIRC, at least. All Google did was siphon it out to a separate app. That doesn't make it new, the same way it doesn't make the Hangouts chat new, simply because it's in a separate app. That's just reorganizing things...
Everything new in Android is beta whether they call it that or not. As for making something a free standing app, that is something new requiring different interfaces with the OS.
If I weren't making sense, you would be able to respond logically instead of resorting to rudeness.You make literally no sense. Leave again so we can discuss the issue logically.
If I weren't making sense, you would be able to respond logically instead of resorting to rudeness.
It's beta like all new Android features are. That is one of the main differences between the android philosophy and the apple philosophy. Android philosophy is to get new features and updates out quickly even at the price of there still being bugs.You're calling hangouts beta. That's ridiculous.
It's beta like all new Android features are. That is one of the main differences between the android philosophy and the apple philosophy. Android philosophy is to get new features and updates out quickly even at the price of there still being bugs.
yes it is, just like every new feature on Android. No matter how many times you deny it, it doesn't change the facts. You just don't get it.It's not beta.
yes it is, just like every new feature on Android. No matter how many times you deny it, it doesn't change the facts. You just don't get it.