Back in August, Google announced a big redesign of Chat that adds Duet AI and other smart features, as well...
  • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

    No, seriously. What is Google Chat? What’s the point? They have Google Messenger

    • jetAEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      and google talk (2007) and google voice (2009) and google wave (2009) and google buzz (2010) even google plus+ hangouts (2011) google+ huddle (2011) google docs chat (2013) hangouts proper (2013) google spaces (2016) : google allo (2016) google meet (2017) youtube messeges (2017) google chat (2018) google maps messages (2018) google RCS (2019) Google photos messages (2020) google stadia messages (2020) google pay messages (2021) gogole assistant messages (2021) google phone messages (different from above) 2021 google chat (AGAIN) 2021

      https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/

      Out of all of these, how many are still running and would you trust?

      • 1984@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I use Messages, as an SMS/MMS client, but only because I use it max 10 times a month for some OTPs and I don’t want to install another app.