Another Google Special™. Have a fully working messaging app in Hangouts. Declare it discontinued and release a replacement version with less than 10% of the functionality. This app can't even handle opening pictures that have been sent on the app. Update - 02/22 Patronising information from unqualified Google mods about how to fix their app for them. Perhaps if devops would think more about how to fix an product that is already on the market rather than delete and force users to migrate to a subpar alternative. In a day and age where personal security is at it's more prevalent in the media, you continue to ask users to jump through these hoops to use your services. Simple services that all competitors do to a much higher level than this. First Google Play Music, now Google Hangouts. Another service down the toilet and will be the result of a massive net loss on user base. Not really anything constructive, but stop killing services that work perfectly fine for subpar alternatives.