carbotect, 11 months ago

I don’t get it. Are Google employees completely ignoring all the negative press their messaging apps get?

Everyone online agrees, that all these messaging apps that Google keeps pumping, just hurt each other.

Here is a list of every messaging app that Google has ever produced:

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<span style="color:#323232;">Android SMS
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Bump!
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Cloud to Device Messaging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Chat (not the same as Google Chat)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Disco
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Dodgeball
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Firebase Cloud Messaging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Gizmo5
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Gmail
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">GTalkService
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google+
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google+ Hangouts (not the same as Google Hangouts)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google+ Messenger
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google.com/talk
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Allo
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Assistant (it really did once have its own text feature)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Assistant Messages (and then this but only in a family group)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Buzz
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Chat
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Cloud Messaging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Docs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Docs Editor Chat
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Duo
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Fi
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Friend Connect
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Groups
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Hangouts
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Hangouts Chat
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Hangouts Meet
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Helpouts
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Huddle
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Latitude
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Maps Messages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Meet
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Messenger SMS
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Pay Messages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Phone Messaging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Photos Messages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Schemer
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Spaces (this was basically Google's version of Instagram and it lasted less than a year)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Stadia Messages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Talk
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Voice
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Voice Legacy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Voice Third-party Apps
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Voice for G Suite
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Voice FXO VoIP Gateway (Obihai)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Google Wave
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">GrandCentral Communications
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Jaiku
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Jibe Mobile
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Meebo
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Messages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Orkut
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Postini
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Slide
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Sparrow
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">YouTube Messages
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