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
    2017-05-07T07:47:41+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.

    I have a windows phone that's don't have google hangout app on it

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-04-10T08:14:02+00:00

    Not the complete truth. Google just wants to poke their noses everywhere but when it comes to doing something against their wish , suddenly they don't want to take any responsibility. If you want google products use android if not then find your own alternative!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-04T03:50:38+00:00

    While Google has developed their own mobile devices, they seem to feel that the competition among smartphones would increase. Apple and Samsung alone would mean a great challenge for Google to develop a much even better device. While Google apps are great, having these apps to great phones would yield greater performance and they have seen this both in Apple and Samsung. Now since they have already this problem, providing an app for Windows as a potential rival would increase the competition. But, to be fair, they should have provided those apps to all platforms, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-03-04T22:05:07+00:00

    They've got an iPhone app, considering Microsoft has been fined so many times for Antitrust and unfair business competition practices I really doubt that Microsoft has any intention of supplying approval for Google. Microsoft has never been a fan of Google, especially when attempting  to report them to the EU for antitrust so many times, and so far have failed miserably each time. 

    As A. User said, Google just won't develop apps for it's services for Windows Phone or Windows 10 Mobile. Microsoft does not have to approve anything.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-03-04T19:49:57+00:00

    They've got an iPhone app, considering Microsoft has been fined so many times for Antitrust and unfair business competition practices I really doubt that Microsoft has any intention of supplying approval for Google. Microsoft has never been a fan of Google, especially when attempting  to report them to the EU for antitrust so many times, and so far have failed miserably each time.

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