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Based on our record, Messages by Google seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 275 times since March 2021.
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Google Messages is Google’s answer to iMessage, and it's usually available on modern Android phones right out of the box. If you can't find it, you can download Google Messages from Google Play.
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I've been using https://messages.google.com to get something like the desktop iMessage experience with Android- does that work for your use case? (I don't use iMessage so I could just be missing some killer feature it has, or something.). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Just started using Messages through a browser on my PC messages.google.com/. Unless I keep my phone (S22 Ultra) screen on, I get "Trying to reach your phone" on the PC browser. Source: almost 3 years ago
I've moved on to Ferdium by the way via the ferdium-electron AUR package. I also use Tuta, Skiff, Google Messages and YouTube Music with it. Source: almost 3 years ago
Tracking Open Devdocs since Jan 2023.
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