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[Mesousa]

Yeah, she is adopted isn't she?

Ava looks just like him lol.

 

[Stat Flow]

This dude is horrible

Yeah.

 

[RoadHazard]

Hangouts was on the home screen. Would they really have it there if they were killing it off? Come on, Google.

 

[Kinitari]

Usually the reason they need to make new apps is because it's a new team making a new app with new techniques from the ground up. Refactoring an entire application with that information is the worst kind of torture.

 

[Frustrated_me]

So now you only need to pick up a video chat with your girlfriend if she's showing the goods.

killing it.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

I can't help but think some weird Silicon Valley shit goes on behind the scenes of these things now.

 

[Lnkn52]

I'm never picking up the phone. Face down, all the time.

 

[Stat Flow]

Spoil every call. Only on Duo.

 

[oti]

It's just a video call app relax bruh.

 

[Frustrated_me]

Skype am cry.

 

[Hasney]

Most of the time it will just be some dude staring at the camera wondering why you're not picking up.

 

[akileese]

It's like they saw facebook making a different app for literally every possible function and thinking "holy shit we need to get in on that!"

 

[creationtheory]

Were these apps developed by the Hangouts team or another team? Must be awkward if they are two separate teams.

 

[pronk420]

What if you don't want to answer it? You get to watch the person get bored waiting, then annoyed, then hang up

 

[otakukidd]

Sooo, how long till people send you a video chat with dicks on it and it takes over your screen no matter what.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Better than this fall.

 

[Askherserenity]

Man, what bothers me is that this technology seems really interesting but I don't see why they need new apps for them? Just roll them into existing ones smh.

They're worse than me and my RPG characters.

 

[SimleuqiR]

What no Windows Phone?

 

[Frustrated_me]

Windows UWP App am cry.

 

[oti]

What no Windows Phone?

No what?

 

[……forgetit]

What no Windows Phone?

lol

 

[AndyD]

So many surprises spoiled. The ring, the birthday surprise...

 

[Mesousa]

Stunning hair

 

[mauaus]

Finally! Android.

 

[Lnkn52]

Let's Go

 

[Zaph]

Google's Cliff Bleszinski

 

[Ominym]

That visual before you answer is kinda awkward tbh.

I don't... hate it? But it seems really awkward in the fact that it essentially means you've got to act, potentially for extended periods of time, to get the attention of whomever you're calling without knowing if they're looking at their phone. How long before you get bored of dancing around and being cute before you're giving your friend/loved one the middle finger?

 

[Skinpop]

here comes the cult leader

 

[diaspora]

Usually the reason they need to make new apps is because it's a new team making a new app with new techniques from the ground up. Refactoring an entire application with that information is the worst kind of torture.

I personally know how much of a clusterfuck that can be but keeping both is just asinine. They'd be better off killing the old Hangouts at the very least.

 

[Randdalf]

I can't really pin this guy's accent down.

 

[RoadHazard]

Everyone is so cringey and unnatural. Except maybe Sundar.

 

[Vanillalite]

Took them 55 mins to get to something we all give a fuck about

Way to go

 

[oti]

He looks like a video game protagonist.

 

[j-wood]

Allo and Duo look really cool but JESUS CHRIST GOOGLE.

Make a unifed fucking messaging app.

We have Messenger, Hangouts, Space, Allo, Duo. What the fuck?

 

[Majine]

What no Windows Phone?

You can't just make up OSes like that.

 

[pronk420]

And they aren't releasing it today. They really know how to kill their own products before they even had a chance

 

[SimleuqiR]

No what?

Allo and Duo apps.

You can't just make up OSes like that.

OK Ok...No Windows Universal Apps?

 

[Bad_Boy]

Please talk about chirp

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

Everyone is so cringey and unnatural. Except maybe Sundar.

Apple created this Jesus-like soft spoken super happy presenter.

 

[Askherserenity]

Hangouts was on the home screen. Would they really have it there if they were killing it off? Come on, Google.

They'll just release the new apps and wait for it to pickup before they get rid of Hangouts.

It's like they release brand new apps as beta tests for new features.

It sucks for some of us but I would probably do it the same way if I was a dev team.

 

[Frustrated_me]

Apple created this Jesus-like soft spoken super happy presenter.

It's awful.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Time for Nougat

 

[TwoDurans]

Hangouts was on the home screen. Would they really have it there if they were killing it off? Come on, Google.

You could get SMS in Hangouts for months after Messenger was released, then they eventually urged users to switch.

 

[Chris R]

dub dub dub?

What the fuck google

 

[Lnkn52]

Time for Nougat

+1

 

[Majine]

NameyMcNameface. Nice.

 

[raphier]

Nougat aka. Nouggy the Nougatface.

 

[Askherserenity]

Why not just Nougat?...

 

[KarmaCow]

I wonder what name the internet will pick.

 

[Stat Flow]

This guy is weird. He's not cringey but there's something about him I can't put my finger on.