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
    2015-07-25T00:44:51+00:00

    Google controls access to their services. No emulator apps for their services.

    Talk to Google

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-25T00:21:21+00:00

    Could you please tell who can make android emulator app. is it Microsoft???? is it Google?? or both?

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  3. @CmdrKeene 90,631 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-06-03T03:13:26+00:00

    You can't contact Microsoft, they don't program apps for other companies.  You need to contact the company that makes it (so Google) and ask them to make it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-03T03:08:33+00:00

    Hi, I couldn't get how contact directly to Microsoft with this regards. Please let me know if there is anyway.

    actually you can get it you probably need to get the update and type in at higher search 🔍. "hangouts for download and it'll pop up" so yeah don't start and I'm an 11 year old girl 👧

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  5. @CmdrKeene 90,631 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-02-13T21:05:53+00:00

    Check your history bud, they withheld API information and basically made it very difficult for Netflix to even build for windows in the first place.  They had undocumented API's that only IE was allowed to use, and claimed that they couldn't let Netscape use them without giving away trade secrets.  The motto in the hallways was "windows ain't done till netscape won't run".  It was very much like the YouTube fiasco today.  Google doesn't want us to have YouTube app, so they blocked Microsoft license to even develop one in the first place.

    I'm not saying the situation is identical, but in the 90's, Microsoft didn't get away with stuff that's very similar to what Google is doing, and no one is bothering to question Google about it these days.

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