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Android Messages Reviews

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Android Messages mentions (106)

• 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 / 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: 11 months ago

• Pixel Tablet Blows Chunks (Complaint & Questions)

  7 Pro. I get the "go to messages.google.com/web" bullshit. Source: 11 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

Element.io mentions (1)

• Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp. The social network's new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.

  I love how Matrix or its most popular client Element do not even get a mention. Source: 12 months ago

• A new onboarding experience on Mastodon

  The title undersells the change a bit in my opinion. By default, mastodon now encourages new users to sign-up on https://mastodon.social which has caused a bit of a kerfuffle in the fediverse. Personally, I'm largely ambivalent to the change; I understand the reasoning, and it's what https://element.io has been doing for https://matrix.org since the beginning. It is more than a bit of a sea-change though given the... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Paying users get early access to the new change

  We currently have the Matrix protocol, with client applications such as Element supporting it. We also have XMPP as another option. Generally more modern than IRC, these platforms are primarily developed as FOSS software. This makes it less likely for developers to impact their users negatively. However, despite these advantages, these platforms lack the refined user experience (addictiveness and stickiness) that... Source: almost 1 year ago

• [For Hire] Computer Programming Tutor or Teacher (C, C++, and others, details inside)

  Please DM me if you are interested in hiring me or have any questions at all. We will work via Element (https://element.io) voice/screen share calls, so please make sure you have a mic available. I look forward to hearing from you. Source: 12 months ago

• Discord alternatives?

  Your best bet is probably matrix, the most user friendly client iirc is element. Source: about 1 year ago