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MMS Now a Part of Google Voice…Hangouts…Sort Of

Kellen September 10, 2014 121

Now that Google Voice and Hangouts have merged, we are starting to dive in and see how things have changed and if new features have been added. The first thing we tested was sending a text through Hangouts using our Google Voice number. After that went through...

Pushbullet Now Lets You Reply to Text Messages on Your Computer With Any Text App

Kellen August 27, 2014 68

Thanks to an update that was pushed out this morning, Pushbullet will now let you reply to text messages directly from your computer. Previously, the Pusbullet team enabled this feature if you were using EvolveSMS, but to take it a step further, and to grab...

T-Mobile Galaxy S5 Receiving Update to Fix SMS/MMS Failure Issue

Kellen May 22, 2014 19

T-Mobile's variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is receiving a new update starting today, to address an issue that was causing SMS/MMS messages to fail. The new update brings the phone to build G900TUVU1ANE5. The exact wording for the update is "Intermittently...

Google Hangouts Receives Update to v2.0.2 – Fixes MMS Issues, Includes Import Option, Group Messaging Toggle

Kellen December 9, 2013 61

An update to Hangouts was pushed through Google Play this morning as v2.0.2. It doesn't bring anything massive like full Google Voice integration, but it does tidy up MMS sending/receiving issues. You'll also find a toggle for using MMS to send group messages...

How to: Use Google Voice SMS with Hangouts

Kellen December 3, 2013 89

When Google finally introduced SMS into Hangouts, an immediate sadness overcame the Google Voice users in the building, as the apps aren't officially ready to work together. In fact, Google has said that full Google Voice integration is potentially months off...

Tip: Changing the Default SMS App in Kit Kat [Beginners Guide]

Kellen November 26, 2013 42

Shortly before Google released Android 4.4 "Kit Kat" into the wild, they announced that a change was coming to how the OS tolerated SMS apps. In the past, you could have any number of apps on your phone set to receive SMS messages. From the stock messaging app...

Google Hangouts 2.0.122 With SMS Integration Rolling Out to All

Kellen November 7, 2013 200

The new Google Hangouts with SMS integration, animated GIFs, and location sharing is now rolling out to the masses. First announced last week at a Google+ event, we were told it could be a "few" weeks before the update was officially ready for all. As of this...

SMS Changes Coming in Kit Kat, Google Tips Message App Developers to Make Changes Now

Kellen October 14, 2013 135

When Google unveiled Hangouts during Google I/O as its first step towards a unified, cross-platform and cross-product messaging client, the tech world took its best guess as to when Hangouts would also power SMS and MMS messages, leaving Google Voice in the...