Did you mean 2015? ![](https://issues.jboss.org/images/icons/emoticons/wink.gif)
Much of the benefit of the GCM/XMPP bridge is that it is a two way communication channel that is managed by Android. Device goes down and comes back up? Messages will make it out and the app won't crash. Last I checked the best Java/Android WebSocket client still needed lots of setup around it.
Ideally by the time this hits final we will be able to make all of these choices configurable and/or automagic.
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