KitKat 4.4 :: Hangouts SMS As Default?
Nov 1, 2013
I was wondering, I know Hangouts is the default SMS app in KitKat. However on the Nexus 5, would there be a way to disable SMS and use the messaging app (I've heard kit at got rid of the messaging app)? Without downloading a third party equivalent?
I use hangouts and messaging apps for different purposes, and would like two different apps (for privacy too, and hangouts is my social chat app).
Is there a Nexus 5/KitKat Hangouts app?
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Mar 13, 2014
When will hangouts be updated on Android to make calls for free. It seems very uncool that it came to iOS first. I know this has probably been posted here before about the subject.
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Mar 22, 2014
I have a nexus 5 and my girlfriend has a moto x. When she does "Ok google now, send text to Alex" and sends a text that way I get a SMS message in my hangouts inbox. But she also can send a text with hangouts and I have 2 seperate conversations going on with her at the same time and its really annoying. If Hangouts is the default, and ONLY messaging app on both of our phones, why does this happen? I thought Hangouts was the text/video/etc all in one thing. I've posted on G+ pages but couldn't get much back. Also when I send start a new hangout with somebody from my contacts, it automatically labels it an SMS message. I don't know if its because they dont have some sort of Gmail account linked up with their phone or they dont have a picture/profile set up or what. It's just so annoying to have 2 simultaneous conversations going on with the same person.
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Dec 26, 2013
A few weeks ago any video taken via Hangouts would get automatically be backed up (like photos). I could view them online in my google+ autobackup area.
There recently was a change though so now those videos don't seem to be backed up automatically. (Photos still get backed up fine.) And I can't figure out how to save such videos while within Hangouts.
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Nov 28, 2013
whether or not you get SMS texts delivered to Hangouts even when you are in airplane mode but have wifi enabled?
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Dec 9, 2013
I've been using hangouts for SMS since my Nexus 4 got the Kit Kat update. When I get an SMS I get the notification popup as I have with every SMS app I've used, and I and do a quick reply to the SMS from the popup, but when I press send it disappears off into... I have no idea where. It never arrives and if I look at the hangout thread it should relate to it isn't there.
I did wonder if the popup might be coming from my old SMS add (Handcent) but the icon is Hangouts and the message isn't in Handcent either.
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Mar 17, 2014
I'm having an issue with opening hangouts and the keyboard not inputting anything into the message field. The keyboards responds to keys pressed but nothing shows up.
I have to close Hangouts from Recent Apps and reopen it to get the keyboard to work. Happens quite often but not everytime.Problem is on a Nexus 5 with 4.4.2. This is my second Nexus 5.
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Jan 19, 2014
When using Google Hangouts to text on my Nexus 5, every time I enter a web url the string is spell checked and becomes un-clickable. Example:If I type: "whatismyandrioidversion.com" into a txt/sms chat using hangouts, the string is spell checked and auto corrected to "what is my android version.com".
So, then I have to go through a very annoying process of deleting the spaces between each word and fixing the url before I send the message.
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Nov 20, 2013
Any app ideas on a pop up/quick reply option for someone using hangouts as default messaging app, until they add hopefully add one in?
Currently trying sms pop up notifier, but with it I get 2 copies of every sms.
S3 running 4.1.2
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Jun 3, 2014
Is there a way to change the default download directory for anything I download such as attachments, pdfs, etc? Android 4.4.2. Seemingly simple thing but I couldn't find it.
Is there a geeky user manual for Kit Kat?
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Apr 28, 2014
I love to use google music on my N5, but the default view is always a mess... Is there a way to change the view to my library - artist by default???
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May 29, 2014
I've noticed something since I updated my phone to kitkat 4.4.2 (it's a Z1 compact).
Whenever I use another app than my default app to send SMS, eg. I'm using SMSPopup, Glowfly or event another "real" SMS app along with my default one (let's say hangouts or Handcent), I have duplicate sent SMS, that means I have twice my sent messages in my list. I didn't have this issue on JB.
I tried to tweak access/read/write permissions via AppOps but the result is still the same. I now have to use the same app for popups/Notifications and SMS. Other SMS apps are useless because they duplicate the text messages.
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Dec 8, 2013
Since the time I have upgraded to KitKat- I have been facing the issue of Call History. Every Time I miss a Call and I click on the name/number- Its asks me to select a default option of whoch way to open that entry , that is, through Dialer or through History. I tried selecting history and clicked on the "always use this option" but the same thing kept happening every time. After a few tries, I chose the other option and did the same thing and it again kept appearing... It looks like there's a bug in this and it never really saves my preference.
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Dec 11, 2013
For some reason, I do not receive a notification for an incoming MMS message in Hangouts. I receive notifications for SMS messages perfectly fine, but not MMS. When I open the app, I will see MMS messages download, but I never receive a notification.
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Apr 17, 2014
I'm giving hangouts a shot as my main SMS app, but I'm not seeing an option to customize the theme or background on my phone. Is it even possible?
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Dec 15, 2013
I have a Galaxy S4 and been using GoSMS from about day 1. I gave Hangouts a try with it's latest version and like what I see. The problem I am running into is, I'm not getting any notifications of new messages, though I have notifications on in the settings.
I disabled all notifications in GoSMS and they stopped but still none from Hangouts. I've googled and googled and tried various recommendations to no avail so I'm reaching out here for some assistance.
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Sep 3, 2013
I have a Note 2, Sony Xperia Z and Samsung Galaxy S.
I want to go back to Talk from Hangouts on the Note 2 and Hangouts. I had noticed that there was an option to uninstall Hangouts in Google Play sometime back, but now, today, September 2, I can no longer find that option. I also tried to go into Application Manager and uninstall it from there. It's not there.
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Jun 10, 2013
I'm on Rogers and my phone isn't rooted.
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Apr 11, 2014
I just got a new Android phone and I'm loving the updates since my last one (which was running Jelly Bean). I'm using SMS on the Hangouts app, but I'm confused because it separates SMS messages from Hangout messages even from the same person. I have two different conversations going on with my wife, which is a little frustrating, and not substantially better than just having the Hangouts app separate from an SMS app.
I was hoping the threads would integrate so that I could keep having the same conversation in a single thread, even when I want to use SMS instead of 4G.
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Aug 31, 2013
my friend recently got a Samsung Galaxy Note. Messages sent by others to her on Google Hangouts are not displayed. It runs on Android 4.1.2. I want to know what to do now...
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Aug 23, 2013
Is it possible to delete Google Hangouts from my phone completely?
I don't use it, nor will I ever use it, so why does it have to be on my phone? I am so sick of having it pop up in Play Store reminding me to update it, when I don't even use it. I would rather it be deleted from my phone so I will never be prompted to update it again. The saddest part is they must know what a complete dud this app is as they've removed the uninstall tab on the play store page (well for me its removed and I can't uninstall it from the play store) but they remind me the needs updating ...
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Oct 3, 2013
get a pop up in Hangouts asking me to confirm my phone number through SMS text like 5 times in the last 2 weeks. I press confirm my number and then receive a text message in hangouts saying my phone number has been confirmed. Could hangouts with MMS/SMS be coming with KitKat?
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Dec 19, 2013
New to Android and trying figure hangouts little. I am already setup in it, am I required to "add" my friends/family to it before I can do texting and such?
On my phone, I know with the Kitkat update it wants to use Google hangouts. I have not set it to use it as it keeps saying I need to add everyone in people to hangouts.
I want to make sure I am going to spam my friends and family to join hangouts as they are not on it and do not want too.
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May 17, 2013
So my question is when I go into the Hangouts app theres a contact in the "Frequently Contacted" but I have no idea who it is. I just want to remove it from my list but cant figure out how.
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Dec 17, 2013
Whenever I receive a hangouts video call, my Nexus 5, Nexus 7 and Windows 8 laptop do not ring. I've checked the settings, have the latest version of hangouts etc but all I get is a regular hangouts message alert, not a proper ringing.
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Nov 25, 2013
I recently started using Google Hangouts instead of SMS (TextMessaging). The only issue I have is that the numbers I havent added any areacode to gets the areacode for Sweden (+46), and this is ONLY on Google Hangouts.
When I go back to the regular SMS app, the areacode is removed, and I can again send SMS without sending it to Sweden first.
I'm from Norway if it matters (+47). But the phone itself is imported from Sweden, but I'm using Norwegian as language. I checked my gmail. I have my country set to Norway.
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Aug 15, 2013
I bought a nexus 4 recently, upgraded it to 4.3 and i noticed that it keeps me online on my google account all the time(on gtalk/hangouts).
I signed out from hangouts from my phone, it does sign me out from gtalk, but after sometime i guess some application is running and changing it to "online" again.
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Dec 13, 2013
I know that the next kitkat update makes galaxy s4 users from Verizon use Google hangouts. So in preparation of this coming, is there anyway to sync hangouts with Facebook contacts? My biggest issue is that I want the Facebook pictures of the person I am talking to to show up in hangouts similar to how it does/did in the text messaging app.
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Nov 12, 2013
I'm experiencing an issue where Hangouts is force closing only when trying to communicate with one specific person. I can contact them fine when using the desktop interface, but when trying to use any form of mobile platform, whether that be phone or tablet, the app force closes. I've tried wiping the data, uninstalling and reinstalling.
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Apr 15, 2014
I recently completely delete my google plus account attached to my email address of course. The problem is that in my Google Hangouts when I manually attach a picture ID to my texting Google im conversation , in the picture ID does not stay so with with my picture ID .
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