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Microsoft teams chat is good, but it could use some improvements

My favorite messaging app: microsoft teams chat

It's my preferred messaging app for the following reasons:

1. Non-Google Login

On Android, using a chat system independent of Google enhances privacy and security. Logging into Google Chat automatically connects the account to all other Google apps, creating cybersecurity risks. Teams Chat avoids this issue, giving users more control.

Google should offer an option to log in to Google Chat without affecting other apps.

2. Comprehensive Edit Button

Teams Chat allows users to edit any message—text, photos, or files—at any time, ensuring complete control over their digital footprint.

Google Chat, while offering anytime text edits, only allows photos to be removed, not reattached. Teams’ flexibility ensures better content management.

Why Not Telegram?

Telegram limits message edits to 48 hours in private chats, while Teams allows unlimited edits. Additionally, Microsoft, as a U.S.-based company with a proven 40-year track record, feels more trustworthy for communication with family and friends.

Feature Requests for Teams Chat

1. Improved Voice Messaging:

I switched from Google Chat to Teams partly because Google lacked voice messaging. Though Google recently added it, managing multiple Google accounts remains cumbersome. Android’s "Private Space" is a step forward but only works in the default user profile.

Microsoft teams chat needs to tweak their voice message button though so that we can tap once to record and tap once to stop. The "hold to record" button is so finicky that it doesn't work. I press and hold and it release itself cutting voice messages to just a few seconds. Google Chat got voice messages right when they recently added voice messages for all users. You can tap once to record (no holding and pressing required) and tap once to stop, and we get a nice transcript as well. It'd be nice for privacy if the voice messages played out of the earpiece by default, instead of the speaker, for both Google Chat and Teams Chat.

Google Chat feature requests:

Allow app-specific logins (give us the option to not auto populate all other Google apps with a checkbox to not do so upon login)

An *option* to enter passwords for account switching. The current way is ok for some, but many want improved security with regards to the account switcher.

Enable private spaces in secondary user accounts. While private space works on the default user, for those of us with a 2-user setup still can't use private space in our alt user space.

Microsoft Teams Chat remains the best fit for my needs—prioritizing privacy, security, and flexibility, but I hope they, and Google, make improvements to better compete with each other to give users the best options for communication, cloud access, comprehensive edit buttons, voice messages, and privacy.

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Has anyone created a Chrome extension to make Google Chat and Spaces more like Slack yet (or just better in general)? Feels like that could be a thing, but my guess is Google changes it enough that chasing them with an extension is a futile exercise. But man does the UI still have major missing improvements that theoretically could be solved with a Chrome extension, for example grouping/organizing Spaces in your sidebar. #google #GoogleChat #chrome #ChromeExtension

Google w usłudze Chat chyba postanowiło wygrać jakieś korpobingo lat 20. XXI wieku. Mamy:
1. Koślawe, ewidentnie automatyczne tłumaczenie - „powitanie” i „zarządzanie przepływami pracy”, w oryginale zapewne workflows. W końcu zatrudnienie tłumacza do przejrzenia tekstu, to już koszt trudny do usprawiedliwienia w przypadku tak mało popularnego języka jak polski, w tak małej firmie jak Google.
2. 3-4, zależnie od wrażliwości, call to action w jednej linii, przez co zdaje się do mnie krzyczeć.
3. Ilustracje - oczywiście przejrzały Memphis.
4. Sugestia, że chciałbym używać ich odpowiednika MS Teams albo Slacka do komunikacji ze znajomymi.

Kto w Google'u uznał, że od układu:
GMail - mail.google.com
Czat - chat.google.com
lepszy będzie
GMail - mail.google.com/mail
Czat - mail.google.com/chat?
W dodatku zmiana konta w czacie obowiązkowo otwiera nową kartę, przynajmniej domyślnie. Przy czym zawsze najpierw otwiera się moje martwe konto, a nie organizacji, w której go używam.

Google chat - "It's been a busy last few months for Google Chat, starting with a redesigned logo in December, while the mobile apps have undergone a few design changes in the past couple of months. The Chat app is also developing features like voice messages, which are already a staple of most messaging apps. We can now add another common messaging feature to the list, with Google announcing the inclusion of participant avatars for unread group chats (spaces)."

androidpolice.com/google-chat-

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