For anyone that hasn't already heard, Google just released Allo. As of this post it is not on Google play yet, but I bring a link to the apk from India, who already have it.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google..._rc18-arm64-v8a_xxxhdpi-android-apk-download/
Fair warning: there is no [worthy] SMS integration (yet?), However, the Google assistant is pretty fun to talk to. Someone at Google is gonna get a good laugh when they read my suggestion.
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Ghstudent said:
Fair warning: there is no [worthy] SMS integration (yet?), However, the Google assistant is pretty fun to talk to. Someone at Google is gonna get a good laugh when they read my suggestion.
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hahahah awesome bro!
Another Google flop.
Why is it so....lacking?! Even reply from the notification is limited to the quick replies from allo. Google made replies from notification along with this app and Nougat, but didnt implement it correctly? This is a stripped down hangouts. Can't even use it for SMS. it just doesnt make any sense.....uninstalled in 15 minutes. Will reconsider if some minor, yet crucial tweaks are made.
With no sms integration. This isnt going to last very long. The fact that you can't have it like hangouts where it's both an sms and instant messaging is going to kill it. I hate. No loathe the fact that now I have to have yet another app for instant messaging and a separate app for sms
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Another useless google attempt. I don't use any google product if there is a good alternative. This company has so much user info it's scary.
Absolutely pointless! Uninstalled
If they add a web interface, it will replace Hangouts/SMS with those close to me very quickly because of the SMS fallback. But without a way to use it on other devices, I have no use for it.
This app is completely pointless. I don't care how pretty it is.
Whenever I sit and try my best to like an app, its usually gone for me in a day. The assistant is interesting, so maybe thats worth working with, but I will stick to my messaging app. I use pushbullet on my laptop so I can send/receive sms, still works well.
I really want to like it but if it can't be set as default SMS, doesn't auto backup my SMS, has no desktop client, doesn't import all my current messaging history I can't see myself using it. From the gripes I'm seeing around comment sections I know many feel the same.
I enjoy it for what it's worth, an IM client. Most of my friends and family are using it now so getting the most of it. Admittedly though, if your circle isn't into it becomes useless. The sms integration (?) is bizarre to say the least
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News said its already available globally but not for me. It still say pre-register. I
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I love how you can search within the app to whoever you talking to ....both of you can search the web together ....even YouTube videos
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This app has no purpose.
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This app has no purpose.
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It can't even pass the butter...
I was ery excited about this because i thought it was gonna be on par with imessage (before iOS10) But i was extremely disappointed to see the horrible SMS integration. Sure i can probably convince 2-3 of my friends to use it But i dont want to have to remember who has it and who does not.
Correct me if im wrong but i believe that during the demo at Google IO that they said for peope who do not have it it would post your google assistant stuff via MMS so that the people who your SMSing would see it.
I like it but with iMessage iOS10 update and the lack of SMS its really dumb.
Hello folks,
has anyone issu with loading a profile-pic in allo? i can only make a picture but not load a saved one? have the un- and reinstalled with reboot - the same
thanks for help
Has anyone figured out how to get a new/unread badge for new messages on allo?
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Thanks to Product F(RED), I have found my favorite texting app. GoSMS! You might have heard of it, you might have not, but so far it is 5x better than Handcent and 100x better than the Android SMS Default. Let us know if you use this app, and what you think of it here! Have a great weekend!
I love gosms. I've tried to settle for others and even for the stock messaging app but the themes are awesome. And the widget is cute also.
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I love gosms. I've tried to settle for others and even for the stock messaging app but the themes are awesome. And the widget is cute also.
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Very! Its alot more clean and "put-together" than handcent and many others. Have you used any other sms apps before?
I'm using it too as my sms app.
It's great and it has a lot of customization options!
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I'm using it too as my sms app.
It's great and it has a lot of customization options!
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I love the different themes that are available!
I liked it, but saw no reason for me to switch from my default which is smooth, clean, good-looking and straight-forward. But, yeah definitely a lot better than the alternative ones (handcent etc...).
Yep! For the Android Texting app, its a great example of "Too Simple." We love flexibility nowadays
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but it doesnt have emoji..
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but it doesnt have emoji..
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Hopefully we get Emjoi sometime soon! Keep us in the loop.
sounds like this app is just what i've been looking for
does it have any ads?
Could you tell us Handcent-users what Go-SMS actually does better than Handcent? I don't see a big difference.
I use GoSMS to and i like the app.
I tried some other before like handcent sms but GoSMS is my favorite.
Handcent SMS causes some big lags for me. Furthermore there were some errors in displaying some MMS. When i tried GoSMS this bugs did not appear.
Great APP but there is a problem with it. if an SMS comes in and the popup windows comes on and you are not near the phone and the screen turns off, the popup goes away (as it should) BUT so does the SMS notification and the SMS is marked as READ. this means the reminder function of the program does not work.
How do I resolve this? Im on the EVO4G
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Could you tell us Handcent-users what Go-SMS actually does better than Handcent? I don't see a big difference.
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For starters; GO SMS, unlike Handcent, doesn't look like a giant pile of sh*t being rendered onto your Android screen.
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i just download it yesterday, accidentally
and suddenly, i love it
I use gosms to and i especially love the drwaing feature... it's funny as hell to draw stupid bull**** and send it to your friends
Which one works the best on the Xperia Z
Sony's stock Messaging app. But SMS/MMS is so old school. I mainly use WhatsApp and I have Viber too.
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I use Handcent SMS which the black theme. It is a free app and I think it looks better than the stock Sony one because the main colour is black. The stock one isn't the best for when it is sitting on my desk at work due to the washed out whites.
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Use Handcent, only because I've always used it on my other handsets.
Stock was perfectly fine for me.
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Uhhh...who still uses SMS?
Plenty of people still use SMS.
1. I have unlimited SMS on my plan.
2. You can still send/receive them when data coverage is spotty/non-existent and IM apps may struggle.
3. Everyone has SMS capabilities on their phone, so I can contact anyone without worrying if they use the same messenger as me etc.
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Handcent with darkness theme all the way..
go sms with the dark theme
Textra
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I use icmess beta awesome layout
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Plenty of people still use SMS.
1. I have unlimited SMS on my plan.
2. You can still send/receive them when data coverage is spotty/non-existent and IM apps may struggle.
3. Everyone has SMS capabilities on their phone, so I can contact anyone without worrying if they use the same messenger as me etc.
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1. Even if you have unlimited SMS, it's still far far inferior to e.g. Whatsapp. Just the fact that you can't have group-conversations is enough... when you go on holiday or meet with a group somewhere... it's just so much more convenient. Not to mention sending images, location, videos...
2. In my country, when you have coverage, you have 2G/GRPS also. It's enough to use Whatsapp.
3. Everyone here has Whatsapp... and i mean everyone. In fact providers had to completely change their plans because nobody was texting anymore.
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1. Even if you have unlimited SMS, it's still far far inferior to e.g. Whatsapp. Just the fact that you can't have group-conversations is enough... when you go on holiday or meet with a group somewhere... it's just so much more convenient. Not to mention sending images, location, videos...
2. In my country, when you have coverage, you have 2G/GRPS also. It's enough to use Whatsapp.
3. Everyone here has Whatsapp... and i mean everyone. In fact providers had to completely change their plans because nobody was texting anymore.
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Translated:
Everyone should do what I do, use their phone the way I do and make sure their friends all use the same messenger that I do and they're wrong if they don't.
All your friends may be up with technology and have a phone that's capable of using messengers, but don't assume that is the case for everyone. SMS can be sent/received by feature/dumb phones that many of my older relatives and friends still use, therefore they are still useful for ME.
Anyway, I don't understand why you're in here arguing about the way other people use their own phones. Mind your own business!
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Everyone should do what I do, use their phone the way I do and make sure their friends all use the same messenger that I do and they're wrong if they don't.
All your friends may be up with technology and have a phone that's capable of using messengers, but don't assume that is the case for everyone. SMS can be sent/received by feature/dumb phones that many of my older relatives and friends still use, therefore they are still useful for ME.
Anyway, I don't understand why you're in here arguing about the way other people use their own phones. Mind your own business!
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I was just curious since I didn't expect people on XDA actually still using an inferior service like SMS...that's all. It's a forum right? "discussion"?
Over here Whatsapp actually makes people buy smartphones... even 'older' (50+) people buy smartphones so they can use Whatsapp and stay in contact with their family.
Go SMS Pro iphone theme
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I was just curious since I didn't expect people on XDA actually still using an inferior service like SMS...that's all. It's a forum right? "discussion"?
Over here Whatsapp actually makes people buy smartphones... even 'older' (50+) people buy smartphones so they can use Whatsapp and stay in contact with their family.
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You asked who uses SMS, so I told you why I personally still use SMS. No need for you to tell me it's 'inferior' or how you use your phone or how many people bought phones just for Whatsapp (lol by the way).
Just so you know, I was joking with the whole mind your business thing. It just seems strange how some people want to enforce their way of doing things on others, that's all.
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anyway to get group MMS working on stock sony app?
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Uhhh...who still uses SMS?
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90% of the planet
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anyway to get group MMS working on stock sony app?
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Android 4.1 is missing the simple code to oranize group message. If Sony is using the stock messenger with a skin then you have to use another messaging application. This feature was added to Android in 4.2.
textraa
Textra fot the win i delete stock sms with root unistaller! textra have emojis and is so smooth
I personally really like the new stock TW messaging app... wbu?!
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I personally really like the new stock TW messaging app... wbu?!
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Was using hangouts, but when trying to send audio files or videos its a PITA!!!
Then I went to this new "evolve" messaging app.. while it seemed cool, I texted the WRONG person something I shouldn't have.. To say the least I was pissed. Then the stupid will give me error messages when sending pictures.. Guess what.
Why change something thats NOT BROKE! Stock messaging app is actually AWESOME!
ZEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ISSUES!
Unlesss someone can tell me a good reason to switch, I'm staying
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Was using hangouts, but when trying to send audio files or videos its a PITA!!!
Then I went to this new "evolve" messaging app.. while it seemed cool, I texted the WRONG person something I shouldn't have.. To say the least I was pissed. Then the stupid will give me error messages when sending pictures.. Guess what.
Why change something thats NOT BROKE! Stock messaging app is actually AWESOME!
ZEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ISSUES!
Unlesss someone can tell me a good reason to switch, I'm staying
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I've been on Evolve since it came out (I still had my S4). It would crash constantly and I would never be able to send/receive pics and the Dev is a d!ck. Got my S5 and been on the stock messaging app and haven't looked back! Might try out Hoverchat (previously NinjaSMS).
I'm finding stock to be really sluggish with a lot Of lag. I uSe textra. It's very fast.
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I'm finding stock to be really sluggish with a lot Of lag. I uSe textra. It's very fast.
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How many SMS did you send per minute?
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Actually since you mentioned hover chat. I tried it and loved it!!
Then like every single other app, something is missing.. can't send videos..
so it gets a big F
Only had the phone a weekend, so take this with a grain of salt. . .
Started stock obviously, but I got sick of Touchwiz on day 1 so switched to the Google Launcher.
When I did that, Google tries to take everything, (msg app included) so I started using Hangouts.
It is horrible. Really bad. The basic functionality is OK, but it is the other garbage that they stick in the way that annoys so much.
Sure- I could send this message using G+, but why would I, and now you've made me waste time telling you that.
Back to standard app, which seems better than previous Samsung versions. Open to suggestions though
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Only had the phone a weekend, so take this with a grain of salt. . .
Started stock obviously, but I got sick of Touchwiz on day 1 so switched to the Google Launcher.
When I did that, Google tries to take everything, (msg app included) so I started using Hangouts.
It is horrible. Really bad. The basic functionality is OK, but it is the other garbage that they stick in the way that annoys so much.
Sure- I could send this message using G+, but why would I, and now you've made me waste time telling you that.
Back to standard app, which seems better than previous Samsung versions. Open to suggestions though
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Hover chat was good.. Nice features.. but can't send videos, audio, calendar event, your LOCATION (huge feature) and so on
Textra. clean fast simple and can tweak colors etc..
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Textra. clean fast simple and can tweak colors etc..
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Can you send videos, location, calendar events?
I'm using Go sms pro. Found the stock app to be really laggy especially with large conversations. I think it was trying to load all the convos or something, as go sms only loads a handful at a time. Also has nice themes etc
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I'm using Hover Chat since I used my S3. And now, I'm still using it on my S5.
I don't know, but I love the interface and all.
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I personally really like the new stock TW messaging app... wbu?!
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Default app.
EvolveSMS: it's well designed, fast and has a clean and sharp ui.
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I'm using Handcent as I like the level of customisation, the missed text reminder, different missed text tone options, plus able to give different contacts different LED colors, flash rates and vibration patterns. I've been using it for years and haven't come across anything better...
Hello. It's great, it works, it's light and clean. It fires up way faster than the stock app.
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Hoverchat because I love the chat heads clone on it.
I used to use hangouts, but not being able to stack pictures into a single MMS (hoverchat doesn't either but whatever) led me to trying others.
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Textra. I have years of sms
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Textra. I have years of sms
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I also use Textra. It's simple, light, and I love the quick reply window that pops up whenever I get a text.
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I'm using Handcent as I like the level of customisation, the missed text reminder, different missed text tone options, plus able to give different contacts different LED colors, flash rates and vibration patterns. I've been using it for years and haven't come across anything better...
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Galaxy S does that by defaut (excepted led color + flash rates) since S3 i think (i was using Light Flow for that back then).
Yes, i'm using defaut app, best to keep things simple imo.
I only install google keyboard to get better recognition while swyping.
I wonder how some people could crash it as i had some history of several years of messages imported and never seen any messaging app crash on any of my Galaxy S.
Just curious, I'm looking all over for an app that will read my texts to me while I'm driving and allow me to respond via voice. I see there are tons that send automated messages that I'm driving, but none that will actually read the message and allow me to respond without picking up my phone and looking away from the road. Coming from windows phone to nexus family, this is the only drawback i could find. Any suggestions?
If there's already a post with this can someone send me a link please.
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Try Enhanced Sms and Caller ID available in Play Store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ekawas.blogspot.com&hl=en
agent in app store [emoji106]
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agent in app store [emoji106]
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Agent do not disturb. Been using it since I switched from moto x to nexus 6. It needs to be configured initially but works great. Even has a widget to manually turn on so you can use it while not driving.
Thanks, gonna try agent for a few days, as it's free and I don't need everything that's on enhanced.
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You can use tasker and the auto voice plugin to perform this and much more! Tasker is a full automation app that has endless possibilities
It's out and working.
What is allo
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What is allo
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It's Google's new messaging app.
Uninstalled already. Not for me...
It's cool. Has a few hidden features and built in Google assistant is dope.
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My wife can't receive the text I send her through allo :crying: back to old messaging app I guess
This app is working great for me. I love it! Thanks for the heads up!
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So we have allo, duo, messaging, hangouts, voice, Google+... What in good God's name is going on? Tried allo and duo, saw nothing worth wasting my time on. Uninstalled. Can't they make 1 app that does everything properly and in fact pulls in WhatsApp, viber and Skype into it to have one do it all app instead of this confusing mess?
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The best feature I think it has is the incognito messaging. It has end to end encryption and pretty much self destructs at a interval you choose.
problem is, that your contacts, and possibly your messages arent getting destroyed at any interval at this point. and they are being stored on Google servers so, thats why alot of folks have no interest is using this snooping infested app..