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
    2017-03-02T11:34:00+00:00

    Agree with you I'm working as a freelance in systems integration as analist programmer...go on BizSpark by MS...

    You will see the opening mind for developping...By MS...

    Furthermore.....some years before when MS buys Nokia some weeks later Google stated posts that they woukd not follow the Giant MS on developping their apps on WS cause of developemment prices...big **** from Google cause BizSpark is also used for third part apps if creators dont have budget and if the project is viable...

    I create a company gere in France concerning tattoo and needed to integrate new technologies as Omnitouch system...by the way I have the idea to implement Google Glasses to my idea...

    When I suggest to MS a partenariat with Google and thier MS Omnitouch system they answered me favorably and made a contact with Google for me to present the way of idea...

    On my and other similar ideas the 2 Giants worked behind the scene on nowadays HoloLens ....

    Yes...cause when i started to use the 2 different parts of each one, a year later MS announce me the changing way of my own project and proposes me to use the new common patent...holoLens...

    Cause privacy and secrecy for my company and other parts I cannot show you my exchanging mails with all parts MS as Google but it's the whole truth...

    So all this explanation is to affirm that the more openning mind for collaboration comes from MS...

    Google love to works behind the scene in many ways as even CIA or NSA...

    As Apple loool...

    So they lie about that mail they sent him loool...it's a big **** those alegations...

    Search further on different things they have done on youtube or other apps or sites...

    So long

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-29T12:57:50+00:00

    Me, personally, switched from Windows phone to Android only because of hangouts

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-03-29T12:56:14+00:00

    I truly believe it's all about commercial strategy. Google wouldn't like Microsoft to have hangouts on it because in this case Google would lost lots of clients. Yes, Microsoft has Skype with an ability to call and etc but it's a bit bulky and heavy, especially when you use it as a phone app

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-03-28T21:43:52+00:00

    Has anyone that used hangouts tried the app in the store?

    Client for Hangouts, a universal windows 10 app

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/client-for-hangouts/9nblggh6ghbm

    We'll see how long it lasts in the store before Google has it pulled.

    Not by google

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-03-28T14:58:08+00:00

    Yes I am aware what Google did when Microsoft tried to build YouTube app. I need Microsoft's official reply to this thread so that I can put response back to Google.

    Hi.. I know this is pretty old.. But I'd like to know the current status of this. I love the Windows Phon environment and would like to have google apps on it too!! Please let me know whatever progress you had in talking to Google about this!

    there are awesome youtube apps on the store. much better than what you would get from google. don't bother with this, google will NOT make anything for the windows store unless they have to (in the miraculous event that the market share rises to high numbers).

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