G+_Wade Shields Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 So, I downloaded the new Hangouts .apk with include SMS on my wife's phone and mine. My wife then stopped getting voicemail notifications and started getting these weird sms messages (see the picture). I didn't have the same issue, however I use Google Voice so I bypass carrier voicemail anyways. After some other troubleshooting I un installed the new version and it fixed the issue immediately. Anyone else? Any ideas how to get Hangouts working without this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nestor Custodio Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I've been anticipating the new Hangouts release so anxiously. It would crush me if it turned out it breaks the voicemail implementation somehow... :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mike Jones Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Sprint sends these odd text messages to notify their Visual Voicemail of new messages. They need to fix it to use the new messaging APIs so they route these notifications to their app. Until then, you could use Google Voice as a voicemail service. It works very well with Sprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Wade Shields Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 I do use GV, my wife does not. She has never had an issue with getting sms messages as voicemail notifications and neither should you (if you are). Only stated when I updated to the new Hangouts app that includes sms. Thanks for the input though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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