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Send sms from hangouts12/26/2023 ![]() ![]() If you previously used Messages and turned on the ‘Enable chat features’ to use Wi-Fi or data for messaging when available, this needs to be turned off in order to sync with Messages.Once signed in, tap Sync conversations at the bottom to sync SMS, MMS, and Hangouts conversation histories.Choose the Google account registered with Fi to sign in to Messages.In Settings, tap Advanced, and then Google Fi settings (this screen can take some time to load).Once set as the default, open the Messages app, tap the the vertical dot button at the top right, and choose Settings.Make Messages your default SMS app on your Android device.Install or update to the latest available Google Messages app.Per Google’s Fi Help article (at the time of this writing): While there are likely many who did not wait to move to a different messaging app, Google has finally communicated how to migrate to its Messages app and bring your Hangouts messages with you. Given the known expiration date of Hangouts, Fi users for years have been peppering support forums and venting frustration in the lack of an answer to this important question of how to move their old Hangouts messages to a new app. But because of how Hangouts worked with Google Fi, it was not possible to migrate away from Hangouts to a different app and bring your past messages with you. Very simple and not terribly painful depending on the number of messages. ![]() Normally, opting to use an alternate default SMS messaging app on Android involves changing the app and using the new app’s built-in mechanism to import copies of your existing messages into it. Similar functionality was not widely available on Android (to my knowledge) and largely only enjoyed by iPhone users who also had Macs through the Messages app (SMS forwarding has to be enabled for Macs and iPads in order to send and receive SMS from these devices). At the time, this was really awesome as you weren’t dependent on having your phone on hand to send and receive SMS messages (or accept calls). Before the newer Messages app, Fi users who opted in were able to have their Fi SMS messages (as well as calls) accessible via Hangouts in a browser. Also, you may need to disable SMS notifications within the Hangouts app so you don't get multiple SMS notifications for each incoming text message.Despite Google’s upfront communication about the coming end to Hangouts, what was not clear was how they planned to address the features in Hangouts for Google Fi users. You will still be able to use Hangouts for sending SMS messages, but incoming SMS notifications will by default show up in the Google app. You can tap that and change it to another app - and choose Google Messages. Inside Default applications, there should be a listing for Messaging App and your default SMS app listed. Inside that, there should be an option labelled Default Applications (I use a Galaxy, so it might be slightly different). You can change this default behavior by going into your phone Settings app and then Applications. Within Android, you can decide which app is your default messaging app and by doing so you are saying which one will show you incoming messages. That means you can use different messaging apps for SMS and the message "streams" or "history" stays the same regardless of the SMS app you use. The SMS messages on your phone is maintained in a single database. Devin, I am not extremely familiar with stock Android, so I apologize if some of what I try to describe does not work exactly as I try to explain it. ![]()
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