Hangouts vs Messenger

[Edge of Night]

Yaata SMS has best Hub integration. It's pretty much perfect. Even better than Textra, and way better than Messenger or Hangouts garbage.

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I'm loving Yaata too with its excellent Hub integration, beautiful dark theme and plethora of features. Today though I tried sending a pic via mms and it failed. I tried it on Textra and it sent it flawlessly. Looks like Yaata needs a fix here.

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[SeltzerWater]

I'm loving Yaata too with its excellent Hub integration, beautiful dark theme and plethora of features. Today though I tried sending a pic via mms and it failed. I tried it on Textra and it sent it flawlessly. Looks like Yaata needs a fix here.

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It's not Yaata. It's the Priv/Lollipop SMS API. If it doesn't work on Yaata, it won't work on ANY app except Textra. Try the stock Messenger. Bet it won't work.

Now you have two choices: figure out why stock Lollipop API can't send MMS, or just switch to Textra, which uses its own API for SMS.

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[SeltzerWater]

Hate to bust your bubble

But you can merge SMS with Hangouts and you can indeed push texts.

Wrong. No you cannot, unless using Google Voice or Project Fi. Stop posting incorrect, misleading information here.

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[jlczl]

Wrong. No you cannot, unless using Google Voice or Project Fi. Stop posting incorrect, misleading information here.

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Wow, you write with a lot of authority and aggressiveness. Especially considering your join date and number of total posts.

As far as the topic, I don't like Hangouts and am testing Messenger. So far it has met my needs.

 

[Deleted member 2678566]

Check out textra app. It is better than the two

OMG textra is awesome I even asked them if they can support the Hub but it's down to BlackBerry

 

[shabbs]

OMG textra is awesome I even asked them if they can support the Hub but it's down to BlackBerry

Textra integrates pretty nicely already with the Hub if it's the default SMS app. I use it and love it.

 

[bitek]

OMG textra is awesome I even asked them if they can support the Hub but it's down to BlackBerry

Yes it is very nice app. It only costs $2 after 90 days and it works well with blackberry hub.

 

[SeltzerWater]

OMG textra is awesome I even asked them if they can support the Hub but it's down to BlackBerry

Not true. Not down to BlackBerry Yaata integrates perfectly into Hub, and BlackBerry did nothing to make that happen.

Textra doesn't, and they don't care to make it integrate.

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[SeltzerWater]

Textra integrates pretty nicely already with the Hub if it's the default SMS app. I use it and love it.

No. New Textra messages are NOT marked yellow/unread in Hub. Textra does NOT integrate well into Hub.

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[SeltzerWater]

Yes it is very nice app. It only costs $2 after 90 days and it works well with blackberry hub.

No. New Textra messages are NOT marked yellow/unread in Hub. Textra does NOT integrate well into Hub.

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[shabbs]

What?

Heh.

 

[bitek]

No. New Textra messages are NOT marked yellow/unread in Hub. Textra does NOT integrate well into Hub.

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It works well for me. It shows up as a popup. I like the way it is

 

[shabbs]

It works well for me. It shows up as a popup. I like the way it is

Yeah, I'm good with it too. I rarely text anyway... BBM and Whatsapp are where all my friends are most active.

 

[SeltzerWater]

It works well for me. It shows up as a popup. I like the way it is

I'm not talking about the pop up. I'm talking about how new messages aren't marked yellow in Hub and show up as already read.

So, no, it doesn't work for you.

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[SeltzerWater]

Yeah, I'm good with it too. I rarely text anyway... BBM and Whatsapp are where all my friends are most active.

Great, maybe this type of failed integration is OK if you text rarely. It is not workable for those that text frequently (unless you forego Hub, which I don't want to do).

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[shabbs]

Great, maybe this type of failed integration is OK if you text rarely. It is not workable for those that text frequently (unless you forego Hub, which I don't want to do).

Fair enough.

 

[bitek]

I'm not talking about the pop up. I'm talking about how new messages aren't marked yellow in Hub and show up as already read.

So, no, it doesn't work for you.

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You mean marked in bold letters ?? I have never anything marked in yellow

 

[SeltzerWater]

You mean marked in bold letters ?? I have never anything marked in yellow

The icon is yellow and the text is bold, in Hub, for unread messages.

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[anon(870071)]

What do you use? What are the pros and cons? Would be good to hear from some Android veterans...

I'm curious as well did a bit of research and it seems to have BBM like features and is a cost service. Who uses this and what does it look like usage wise day to day?

 

[icebike]

Slightly different twist on this:

Now that Google Hangouts is planning to dump sms/mms, they are recommending Messenger.

So the question is: Why Messenger as opposed to the stock MMS/SMS app (in my case it is called Messages (HTC)

Why should I add another app to do the same thing, (its not like I send a ton of sms messages). Its not like I can delete the stock app, (unless I root). So why do I want this Google app vs the standard one?

(Yup, I've looked at a few of the others, but like I say, text messages are not my world).