That's funny. I use Google Voice as my primary phone number. I've been doing this for like 5 years. I can send and receive SMS messages anywhere by going to http://hangouts.google.com. I can make and receive phone calls the same way too. I can use the normal apps on my phone if I want to too, and all of my calls and texts get sent to any device where I'm logged in to my Google account.

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Dear Google,

Whenever I hear about news like this I always think security. Everyday someone or something is getting hacked. 

I just hope that security and privacy are bigger priorities than $$. 

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Sending sms on phone is a dated act, only in some situations such as a worker and his boss or in this interval, most of people now communicate and send message by internet websites like facebook, whats up, snapchat etc etc.  Interresting post, by the way i never used the safari browser, best one is google. keep dsoing ur great work mate i support u

this is outstanding.  But is security a problem?

Vote me guy....

It sounds Interesting.
MJS

This is a solid idea. You can do this already with apple devices and a few apps on android like push bullet. Would be nice to have it baked into Android.

It sounds convenient except I didn't use SMS for a long long time.......

I'm curious if this will also lead to an integration or update of google's voice feature (allows you to call people for free through your gmail) and google hangouts.

Shying away from web based texting works for security I suppose but I've known people completely ditching phone contracts and just use google voice to call or hangouts to text, all in one place as a quick example. Even I have been using sms messaging a lot less over the years, as I have my gmail open most of the work day(hangouts) and things like Facebook messenger, whatsapp, kik, for alternatives. 

On the more secure side.. there are apps like Wickr that encrypt your messages for security. So maybe they can focus on something like that or security updates instead, with maybe some integration with google hangouts?

You can already text using your computer by connecting the phone to your computer through a cable and using something like vysor. I think it might be possible just using the command line and adb even

Google Android message app will be updated. Good News. THANKS

This seems great....!!!

Whatsapp already does this but handles the sucurity side very well. One has to confirm on phone by scanning QR. Hopefully google will take this idea as well.