Google reminds us that Google Chat can be used with friends and family
Google reminds us that Google Chat can be used with friends and family
While Messages and RCS is how Google wants you to message friends, Google Chat also fits that role and the company today reminded us...
Google should just make a web app for Messages and integrate meet for video calls. Leave Chat as a enterprise thing/Slack competitor and focus on Messages as the family + friends app.
I use meet for video chats with friends but it's so annoying having to always create a room and then send the invite link.
2The bigger obstacle, of course, for Google is that Messages and RCS exists. I don’t think the company has ever laid out the difference between the two products or when you’d use one over the other.
And, yet again, we see the launch of another Google product that will shut it's doors soon.
1It's unfortunate. I'm hesitant toward adopting any Google apps and services these days out of fear it'll be shuttered or drastically changed. I miss having Google Photos and Drive linked up!
0Yeah, their Google Photos free forever stunt put me off Google services. These days, I've taken my contact, and calendar syncing on a self-hosted Nextcloud instance. My notes have shifted from Google to Nextcloud Notes. For Photos, Nextcloud Photos is unfortunately not up to par, so I have a Photoprism instance set up to provide the same functionality, but under my control.
If at all possible, you should definitely give Nextcloud a try!
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Nice try! 😂
They've thrown so much advocacy capital into the wind that at this point they need to offer something more than - hey look, there's a product you can use.
1How long until it's rebranded youtube chat?
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