Google Hangout for Windows Phone.

Anonymous
2014-10-29T06:27:15+00:00

Hello Microsoft,

Recently I wrote to Google to provide Hangout app for Windows Phone. In reply they said that they are willing to provide Google Apps if device manufacturer are ready to collaborate with them in development process. Following text is copy of two paragraphs of their reply.

Unfortunately, when developing an app for a third party device we need the collaboration of the manufacturer.

Like in the case of Mac we worked side by side, also with Ubuntu and other Debian based Linux distributions.

Together we achieved the apps their users enjoy now, as well once the app is developed it needs to follow

the manufacturer's store approval like any other app developed for them. As you can see by visiting

https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1216376?hl=en.

In the case of Microsoft we are more than willing to develop the app, we would love to support that market

share which is vast increase potential customers to use their mobile devices.

With Microsoft we've achieved the use of hangouts through their Desktop environments so far. But, we need

you as their mobile customer to present the need of the use of Google Apps in their mobile phone's so they

can support the development of mobile apps on their devices. We want to serve you in whatever device you

choose to have, but this can only be accomplished through the device users to convince the device

manufacturer to collaborate to develop an app from us.

I would love to see Google apps on my windows phones. Could you please communicate with Google, to bring Hangout and other apps to Windows Phone.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-12T21:11:01+00:00

    what a load of cow poo.

    they don't need any help. its an app store. you make an app and submit it like everyone else.

    the truth is: google doesn't want to support ANY windows app store. they will not make any apps for it because they don't want to. Microsoft even made a youtube app for windows phone - guess what, google actively fought against it until it was removed.

    the only thing you should read from that letter is "hello, we'd like to blame someone else and make ourselves look like a victim while hiding the fact that we're the ones that are actively not doing anything to help you".

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-09-25T23:33:29+00:00

    ******@gmail.com hello

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-21T18:48:20+00:00

    I strongly agree with the reply from Google as Microsoft is not stepping forward with them to update any apps on the Windows.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-26T17:26:24+00:00

    I'm really sorry about all of this corporate in-fighting. The real loser here is the everyday consumer. Both companies make more than enough money and could stand to cooperate with each other for the good of the consumer.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-08-08T16:53:55+00:00

    Skype is a **** of Messenger, it needs a lot of traffic, nobody use it (i hate it, my friends hate it) 

    Hangouts is one of the best messenger, the Microsoft Business tools inkl. Skype for Business is unussability, nothing worked hand in hand, ists a thing of years to bring all functions to work together.

    Thats the reasson why we used Google Apps for Work.

    Seriously, WindowsPhone is very very nice an a Lumia is a high quality Phone. But no Google Services...it isolated the WindowsSystem from the rest of the world...

    Go to Google say sorry, pls make Apps for us and our Users...

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