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Globespy Samsung had truly dropped the ball here and continued to show their refusal to cohesively integrate core android apps in to their bloated (although a little less in the GS6) UI. Hangouts is a major function of the android experience, integrating multiple functions (video calling, direct free text communication with other hangouts users etc), yet Samsung has decided to stick with their hodgepodge collection of archaic apps that have a history of sparse updates and spotty support.
I really wanted to like this phone, but I can't in all good faith invest almost $900 in a phone that refuses to utilize the amazing Google app progression.
What a bunch of arrogant idiots! The GS6 edge just lost its advantage. Good job Samsung!
My guess is most mainstream consumers never change from the stock app. So while it's a a loss of advantage to you, it probably isn't for most. I think there's an SDK for the edge feature so it's more than likely something that Google would have to update on their own. I wouldn't be surprised if they did update their apps to support it since they support multiwindow. I don't think you can blame Samsung though, blame Google.
