Hangouts was already the iMessage competitor. Video, voice, high res photos and videos, etc with SMS fallback. But as usual google kills every good product they create.
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Give him his due, he managed to convince one single country that the colour of a text message matters 😂
He’s the guy that *invented” rounded corners
Did it to themselves
For real, if google didn’t completely screw up messaging every single year it wouldn’t be as big of a deal.
Nobody uses SMS anymore, it’s 2023
Hangouts was already the iMessage competitor. Video, voice, high res photos and videos, etc with SMS fallback. But as usual google kills every good product they create.
Gmail? Photos? Drive?
Hangouts didn’t have the next work effect, unlike Whatsapp
Obligatory fuck iMessage lock-in.