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Great headline: Google to simplify messaging strategy, will support only five messaging apps.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:01
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Sir Lemming posted:Great headline: Google to simplify messaging strategy, will support only five messaging apps. Meet/Chat are a combo enterprise one. Duo is FaceTime, and Voice isn't available in most of the world. For all intents and purposes, they are indeed finally going to one app, Messages.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:03
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Phlegmish posted:I'm trying to upload my music library, but it keeps saying it can't establish a secure connection. I turned off my Windows Firewall and BitDefender. Holy poo poo, this is annoying. OK, killed all the Chrome processes in Task Manager, trying again and now it seems to be working. Seems like it'll take a pretty long time to upload 4K songs, though
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Dec 6, 2018 17:09
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CLAM DOWN posted:Meet/Chat are a combo enterprise one. Except now they're making it consumer facing for some reason? Presumably that reason is: "making one consumer product (hangouts) into two enterprise apps, sunsetting the consumer app and then making the two enterprise apps consumer facing is a sensible strategy for messaging on Android" SuperiorColliculus fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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Dec 6, 2018 17:11
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I'm once again going to say how I would "fix" messages. Make it three protocol, SMS, RCS, and Google's own chat. Sign in through your Google account to get access to the messages on any device, attach a phone number to get SMS and RCS fallback. If you sign into messages on any device, you get your full conversation history synced in real time and you can just chat as normal. If your recipient needs to fall back to carrier messaging, the message is routed through your phone. Have a Google photos like interface on the web to manage your chats, allowing to archive, merge, and export. Any photos sent and received through chat should be synced to Google photos into their own album. Done and done. A truly universal solution that would be available on any device in a coherent fashion.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:18
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SuperiorColliculus posted:Except now they're making it consumer facing for some reason? It's "consumer facing" the same way that Slack is. Ie. you can totally use it as a consumer for free if you want, just, why would you if you just want to talk to your friend? You're being very hyperbolic in your recent posts and I'm getting a little tired of it.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:25
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Forever_Peace posted:Just upgraded to a pixel3, but apparently llama doesn't work on this phone. Is there a comparable app with good cell-tower based location recognition that I can use to turn off Wi-Fi when I leave my house, silence my phone at work, and put it on vibrate at night if I am home? Trigger, but cell based detection is crap, its 2018 now so use wifi networks (you don't have to be able connect to them, just see them) Also don't bother turning off wifi
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Dec 6, 2018 17:34
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Phlegmish posted:I'm trying to upload my music library, but it keeps saying it can't establish a secure connection. I turned off my Windows Firewall and BitDefender. Holy poo poo, this is annoying. The uploader is trash. It will error if something fails to upload, but has no indication how or when or if it will retry. The best solution I've come up with is removing your library path from the program, rebooting Windows, and readding the library. That will cause the uploader to rescan everything and upload the failures. It's slow. I've done it twice recently and both times, it uploaded about twenty duplicate tracks that I had to manually remove from the cloud.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:47
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CLAM DOWN posted:It's "consumer facing" the same way that Slack is. Ie. you can totally use it as a consumer for free if you want, just, why would you if you just want to talk to your friend? You're being very hyperbolic in your recent posts and I'm getting a little tired of it. Dude, this isn't my opinion being conjured out of thin air or anything: https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/12/03/hangouts-executive-rebuts-rumors-of-shut-down-users-will-be-transitioned-to-hangouts-chat-and-meet/ quote:Both Chat and Meet are available today for G Suite customers and will be made available for consumer users, too. We have not announced an official timeline for transitioning users from classic Hangouts to Chat and Meet. quote:Although most of us probably considered Chat and Meet to be more business/enterprise-focused products, these plans make it sound like they could have more of a consumer-facing component in the future. quote:We're also told Google does not plan to launch eight more messaging apps in Hangouts wake, and that the real number is twelve. We regret the error. Also, lots of people use Discord to talk to their friend, which is essentially "consumer slack" so I'm not sure what your point is there. The very first comment on that article's thread (not by me): quote:Instead of this mess, Google should have united Hangouts with Messages, Allo and Duo altogether in only just one single and great universal app way long ago, able to compete with iMessages as well. I'm not stating a new or controversial opinion here SuperiorColliculus fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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Dec 6, 2018 17:55
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Making Chat and Meet available for consumers in the same way Slack is available for consumers. You need to tone down your aggressive rants on messaging a little here.
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Dec 6, 2018 18:03
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What makes you think I'm being aggressive? I (and seemingly many others) just have a different opinion than you, and you're taking umbrage with it for some reason. I'm not anti-android or anti-google at all - I own a P2XL, use google fi, and am hip deep in google services because for the most part, they're really good. I just wish they'd sort out their messaging, because a single, transparent messaging system is literally the only thing I miss about having an iPhone. SuperiorColliculus fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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Dec 6, 2018 18:09
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SuperiorColliculus posted:What makes you think I'm being aggressive? I (and seemingly many others) just have a different opinion than you, and you're taking umbrage with it for some reason. I'm not accusing you of any of that, and you've made your point repeatedly, we get it. e: We even have the same opinion dude. I'm just being calmer about it than you. CLAM DOWN fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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Dec 6, 2018 19:08
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Uthor posted:The uploader is trash. It will error if something fails to upload, but has no indication how or when or if it will retry. The best solution I've come up with is removing your library path from the program, rebooting Windows, and readding the library. That will cause the uploader to rescan everything and upload the failures. It's slow. I've done it twice recently and both times, it uploaded about twenty duplicate tracks that I had to manually remove from the cloud. The total number of songs I'm uploading seems to be fluctuating. Bizarrely, it was going up at first, now it's less than when I started. You know what, as long as 95% of my songs make it up there in the cloud, I'm OK with it.
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Dec 6, 2018 19:32
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SuperiorColliculus posted:What makes you think I'm being aggressive? I (and seemingly many others) just have a different opinion than you, and you're taking umbrage with it for some reason. FWIW, I agree with you on basically everything you've said. Google LOVES spreading features out across apps (just look at their million messaging apps or Gmail vs Inbox) and it's ridiculous.
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Dec 6, 2018 19:33
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I'm 100% mad they're killing Inbox, though. The Gmail app and site are both total garbage in comparison.
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Dec 6, 2018 19:41
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Echophonic posted:I'm 100% mad they're killing Inbox, though. The Gmail app and site are both total garbage in comparison. As a long-time Inbox user, I don't think Gmail's app/site is garbage at all, and I re-adjusted in like a day. They've folded most of Inbox's features into Gmail anyways.
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Dec 6, 2018 19:43
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I'm exaggerating somewhat, but I much prefer the grouping and other features that Inbox adds. Which of the Inbox features got folded in? The app still still seems about the same on a cursory look. The UI is also a lot nicer in Inbox. I'll end up getting used to it again, I'm sure.
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Dec 9, 2018 04:25
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Echophonic posted:I'm exaggerating somewhat, but I much prefer the grouping and other features that Inbox adds. Which of the Inbox features got folded in? The app still still seems about the same on a cursory look. The UI is also a lot nicer in Inbox. I'll end up getting used to it again, I'm sure. Things which got folded in were snoozing and categories, that's it. Grouping and info cards are absent. I switched when new Gmail launched and could definitely see if you liked grouping how Gmail is going to destroy your workflow. I never grouped so it didn't bother me.
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Dec 9, 2018 04:34
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Can anyone recommend a monthly grid calendar widget that shows events and start times within each day and also supports scrolling? "Business Calendar 2" has all that except scrolling. I don't want to buy the pro version until I'm sure there's not a perfect widget out there.
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Dec 10, 2018 07:07
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What do you guys use for shipment tracking? I've been using Aftership but they've switched to a subscription model.
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Dec 12, 2018 22:08
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I've been using NetGuard for adblocking, but it keeps notifying me about both stable and beta updates instead of just stable updates, and the beta updates seem to break adblocking until I either roll back or a new stable update comes out. What are the other good current adblock app options again?
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Dec 12, 2018 22:17
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I switched to Blockada a while back, I'm pretty pleased with it.
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Dec 12, 2018 22:23
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CLAM DOWN posted:What do you guys use for shipment tracking? I've been using Aftership but they've switched to a subscription model. I use Deliveries. There was a hiccup recently in their Amazon sync system but it went away for me, and it's been solid otherwise.
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Dec 12, 2018 22:46
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I recently got a samsung note 9, and put my music library on an SD card. Making playlists is a chore on the phone itself since I tend to make really large lists; I was trying to use VLC to make playlists on my computer and then save them to the phone, but for some reason it's not working, I can't figure it out, and I can't find a solution online that will work. Is there a better, preferably free player out there that will let me make playlists on my computer and then save them over to the phone?
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Dec 15, 2018 08:19
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Listerine posted:I recently got a samsung note 9, and put my music library on an SD card. Making playlists is a chore on the phone itself since I tend to make really large lists; I was trying to use VLC to make playlists on my computer and then save them to the phone, but for some reason it's not working, I can't figure it out, and I can't find a solution online that will work. I mean, Google Music lets you do this but I assume you're not using it because you don't want to upload your music.
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Dec 15, 2018 12:20
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I use MusicBee. You can sync to an SD card, including playlists, easily.
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Dec 15, 2018 16:13
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LastInLine posted:I mean, Google Music lets you do this but I assume you're not using it because you don't want to upload your music. I've used Google Music in the past, but unless things have changed and I didn't notice, these were the limitations I ran into: 1) It was a streaming service, so if I'm offline I can't get access to my music/playlists. 2) There was a limit of 1000 songs per playlist. Have either of those changed? Couch Life posted:I use MusicBee. You can sync to an SD card, including playlists, easily. Thanks, I'll check this out.
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Dec 15, 2018 21:55
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You have always been able to upload your own music since the beginning...
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Dec 15, 2018 22:06
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Listerine posted:1) It was a streaming service, so if I'm offline I can't get access to my music/playlists You have always been able to "pin" music to cache it and listen to offline. This was never true. Spotify is the same.
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Dec 15, 2018 22:13
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Uthor posted:You have always been able to upload your own music since the beginning... I understand that. For playback, I needed to be able to connect to my google account to access the playlists. Can I use Google play to create playlists for music on my SD card, and play back when I am not connected to the internet? CLAM DOWN posted:You have always been able to "pin" music to cache it and listen to offline. This was never true. Spotify is the same. Thank you, I did not know that, I'll go back and try it out. edit- Does that mean my phone would now re-download all the music despite having it on the SD card already?
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Dec 15, 2018 22:13
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Listerine posted:I understand that. For playback, I needed to be able to connect to my google account to access the playlists. Can I use Google play to create playlists for music on my SD card, and play back when I am not connected to the internet? I've never put my own music on an SD card for a phone so I don't know. I know you have the option to select an SD card as the caching/download location for streaming music apps, that's about all I know there.
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Dec 15, 2018 22:23
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I don't know about SD cards, but from how Google Play Music works, it will most likely download the songs on its own. Once your stuff is in the cloud, you can download and play any song, album, or playlist offline. It sometimes finds and plays music I store on my phone, so you can just try opening it up and seeing if it loads your library.
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Dec 15, 2018 22:32
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Couch Life posted:I use MusicBee. You can sync to an SD card, including playlists, easily. What are you using to play content once it's on your phone? The only app in the Google Play store is for Musicbee Remote, which seems to just control the computer I'm connecting to- it doesn't recognize any local content, neither music nor playlists. I can use the desktop app to sync content very easily on the phone, just can't then play it directly from the phone. I'm wondering if there was another app at some point that's not available anymore?
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Dec 16, 2018 02:29
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You'll still have the 1000 item limit on the playlist so GPM probably still isn't ideal for you.
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Dec 16, 2018 09:34
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LastInLine posted:You'll still have the 1000 item limit on the playlist so GPM probably still isn't ideal for you. wow, that's pretty weak.
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Dec 16, 2018 17:22
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I just make multiple playlists and pin them individually to get around that limitation but I totally understand if that resolution seems less than adequate.
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Dec 16, 2018 20:40
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Listerine posted:2) There was a limit of 1000 songs per playlist. Oh did they fix this because it never worked for me. My largest playlist is exactly 910 songs. If I try to add anything else, it will delete it off the playlist.
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Dec 16, 2018 20:57
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ThermoPhysical posted:Oh did they fix this because it never worked for me. Nope, it's still a limit.
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Dec 16, 2018 23:50
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Does anyone know if there is a Muzei extension that will apply it to wallpapers from the Google Wallpaper app? Ideally I'd like to pick one of the themes from Google's app, have it set to change daily, and then apply the Muzei effect to it. I usually stick to the default source of artworks, but some days when the art being used isn't really that nice to look at I'd like to have an alternative option.
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What kinds of playlists are people making that makes the 1000 limit annoying. Assuming normal song lengths that's nearly 3 days of non-stop play. Maybe I just don't get it because I never saw a reason to make playlists. The closest I come is listen queues and that's just a few songs 
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