Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Google Chat Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:23:00 +0100 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <82pl1pfgi3.fsf@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1134003"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HSmjvHzut3e5AjlQhieqjJF+5Aw= sha1:cagXrDvnBQLgDvLUmjWEVCJnChI= X-User-ID: eJwFwQkBwDAIA0BLEAiPnJUV/xJ6RwuNSQ+Gc7lII+w2oucoxP6DrMqdyJKv5IBy1eCNVswD+lMPrg== Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:154200 I think not many people have heard of Google Chat. It has a useful feature, if you send someone a Google Chat message and they are not on Google Chat, then it sends an email to them. How is Google better than Meta? you might ask. Well, most people with an android phone are already logged into Google, so it isn't really making things that much worse. Also it has a new smiley looking icon. chat.google.com