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• Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)

  If you're using Android (presumably with Google), there's Google Messages on Web that handles SMS: https://messages.google.com/web/ I used it for several years and found it quite reliable, unlike Apple's way of handling SMS/iMessage on each Apple device separately. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• What alternatives to Google Fi are people looking at?

  It used to be built into Gmail, but they moved it to https://messages.google.com/web. It also used to be you couldn't also have a Google Voice number, but now you can and they're separate. Source: 10 months ago

• Pixel Tablet Blows Chunks (Complaint & Questions)

  7 Pro. I get the "go to messages.google.com/web" bullshit. Source: 10 months ago

• What's that really useful, can't live without app you install on all your devices?

  For the Pushbullet, there a couple different things you can do now. If you use Google messages, it now has a website interface for you to access. https://messages.google.com/web/ Another option is if you are windows, there is Link your Phone app that lets you sync between your phone and your pc for photos, messages and apps. Source: 11 months ago

• Auto-forward Fi text messages pixel 3) to t mobile phone (s21)?

  You will be able to check your messages through your laptop or S21's Chrome browser on https://messages.google.com/web > Have Google Fi Wireless? > Get started. Source: 11 months ago

• Beeper CEO AMA - May 26, 2023 @ noon PDT

  But we have a path forward - we are considering writing a Matrix bridge for Google Messages for Web (https://messages.google.com/web). So you would use Google Messages as your primary chat app, then connect Beeper to Google Messages by scanning a QR code (similar to Whatsapp). Since Google Messages for Web supports RCS, this will allow Beeper to send and receive RCS. We haven’t started building this yet, so if you... Source: 11 months ago

• Which messaging app do you use and why

  I use Google Messages as I haven't found a good way to access Samsung Messages on my PC like I can with Google. Plus, I've always felt the interface is a little more polished that what Samsung provides. Same with the phone app as I'm using Google's app there too. Source: 12 months ago

• Is it true that Pixel Phones can allow you to "send texts from your MacBook"?

  True, not just Chrome. Not sure why I was stuck on Chrome. Just need to go to https://messages.google.com/web/. Source: 12 months ago

• Wifi calling during travel

  The main reason I went with Google Messages is that you can set up "Messages for Web" or "Device Pairing". I'd play with it a bit while at home, but there is a way you can set it up so that when you go to messages.google.com/web on your phones web browser, then get that QR Code in a place that you can scan it from the Google Messages App on your phone, you will be able to get texts that way through Data on a local... Source: 12 months ago

• I have a burner phone with a real phone number and carrier plan. I want a way to make sure all SMS and calls get forwarded to my real phone, and I wonder if VoIP could be the solution?

  If it's an Android device and your using the Google Messaging app, you could "device pair" the SMS app to the web browser (at messages.google.com/web) on your 2nd phone for SMS and MMS. Source: 12 months ago

• mac or Windows?

  You can text from your computer on android too regardless of your computer OS. messages.google.com/web and just scan the qr code from the messaging app. Source: 12 months ago

• Y'all are my last resort. Please help with my SMS issue.

  Do you have Fi web sync enabled? I am one if several people that have commented on Reddit about some SMS/MMS messages not delivering, but are visible on the web. Eventually I solved it by disabling and re-enabling sync on the app. First, you might want to log into the web interface (https://messages.google.com/web) and see if the missing texts are there. Source: about 1 year ago

• Tip: Dual Android and iOS users, use Google RCS on iOS.

  I think you could have avoided all this by going to https://messages.google.com/web/ instead of https://messages.google.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• I am finally on GoogleFi.

  By far my biggest like is the carrier integration in the Google Messages app. It's actually the only reason I have the service. It allows me to use the https://messages.google.com/web website to make and receive calls and texts from practically any browser, including my phone's browser, really useful when traveling overseas. It also syncs my call history and texts, so I never lose them, even if I lose my phone. Source: about 1 year ago

• Why Fi, why?

  Now you can make and receive calls and texts both from your phone and from the https://messages.google.com/web/ website whenever you like. You will never lose your text messages or call history, even if you lose your phone, forever. Source: about 1 year ago

• 6 Months Google Pixel 7 pro

  You can have messages on the web using https://messages.google.com/web/. Source: about 1 year ago

• How do i receive text (SMS) messages on T470s

  Put that SIM in your phone and open messages.google.com/web/ in your browser on your T470s. Source: about 1 year ago

• How to avoid service loss being international for an extended period of time.

  I was able to receive and send messages via https://messages.google.com/web/, and also to receive and make calls there. The phone with the sim card does not have to be on at all - you can make everything in the browser (I needed mostly to receive messages for 2FA for my bank and ect). Source: about 1 year ago

• iPhone 14 pro max to Pixel 7 pro advice

  On the Windows laptop, set up Link to Phone (preinstalled app) and the devices will be connected pretty nicely. You'll get notifications on your PC, be able to respond, call via your PC, transfer calls to your PC, view photos and etc. After that, you should set up Messages on your PC (https://messages.google.com/web). It's a site made by Google that allows you to write SMS, MMS and RCS messages from your PC. Link... Source: about 1 year ago

• So I am leaving the Apple ecosystem for Google's

  I got my sister using pushbullet and realized recently that it doesn't have SMS sync. I'm not sure why she kept using it but I don't think iOS has an easy way to quickly share to Windows. Before messages.google.com/web I heavily relied on Pushbullet and Phone Link. I can see the convenience of copy-paste. I share between devices daily and it would eliminate that extra couple of share sheet interactons. Also... Source: about 1 year ago

• Free Parental App For SMS monitoring only

  Though you don't want a web solution I'll mention one anyway since you likely have a browser app: Messages for the Web to pair the browser with their Messages app allowing you to see all their messages (and in near real-time) though not those that have been deleted and the child could unpair but you would be aware they did so. Source: over 1 year ago