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Just curious what these other options offer over the plane ole messages app or whatever it's called now.
The reaction I would get would be priceless. "Aloo whaaa"?Have you tried moving everyone you want to talk to over to Allo?
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Oh, they don't need to know what it is. When you message them, it automatically creates a link for them to download the service. Just make sure you put who you are in the message, I'm told it comes from a werid number.
What carrier do you have? SMS on at&t has all those features, but for me the most important feature is being able to message people without first having to get them to sign up for a separate service.
Yup, you have to enable advanced messaging, but it should be on by default.
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Well I have Sprint and other people have a mixture of others. So not sure how compatible that is.
IT'S HAPPENING!!!!
Due to the holidays, I might not get it until Tuesday next week. Bummer. But still a lot earlier than I expected (original date said June 2nd) so hooray!
Apple isn't compatible yet, and I think it only works with at&t and t-mobile, but should be universal soon (or eventually)
Default messaging app setting only sets that app as the default for SMS, nothing else. So if you have Whatsapp as default, you get your whatsapp messages and SMS going to whatsapp. Messages from other messaging apps won't default to whatsapp. They'll continue to get their own messages. If you're friends don't actually respond to you through other messaging apps, that's a problem with them, not the app. Might want to reconsider your social circle.
I meant default as in if Facebook messenger has notifications on or not. Like badges and what not.Default messaging app setting only sets that app as the default for SMS, nothing else. So if you have Whatsapp as default, you get your whatsapp messages and SMS going to whatsapp. Messages from other messaging apps won't default to whatsapp. They'll continue to get their own messages. If you're friends don't actually respond to you through other messaging apps, that's a problem with them, not the app. Might want to reconsider your social circle.
That's what I thought. In the case of the OP (and me), most of my contacts have iPhone, so RCS doesn't do us any good right now. I can't wait until Apple and all the carriers bake RCS into their messaging services.
Yes I dont like messaging services that are exclusive, like BBM was and imessage is now.
Frustration.
Resetting my phone tonight because out of nowhere it can't keep any signal (WiFi, cell, and even BT issues that didn't exist before).
Resetting my phone tonight because out of nowhere it can't keep any signal (WiFi, cell, and even BT issues that didn't exist before).
Will it work over WiFi? That's crucial for me. In our hospital I need to be able to text others and I can always rely on iMessage and WiFi when att has weak spots or dead zones.