Oppo’s newest N3 Flip foldable is taking advantage of a bigger outer display, rolling out native support for over 80 apps right out of the box.
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In addition to a new UI for forwarding texts and chats, Google is testing that same conversation picker when selecting Messages for Android from the share sheet.
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Google started testing a homescreen redesign for Messages back in June and is now widely rolling it out to stable users after months of beta testing.
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In the midst of Google’s “#GetTheMessage” campaign, the company’s own RCS/SMS/MMS app for Android, Google Messages, has now been installed over five billion times.
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In addition to Get the Messages continuing with iPager, T-Mobile announced today that its RCS offering is now powered by Google’s Jibe platform.
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A small tweak to Google Messages introduces a new UI for forwarding messages that supports sending to multiple recipients.
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Google Messages is working on an updated homescreen that removes the navigation drawer, and that redesign is now appearing on Samsung phones.
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No matter how much Google has bolstered security with RCS in Google Messages, spam messages remain a problem. The app is pretty good at catching those phishing attempts, but it’s still smart to check the spam folder for genuine messages every once in a while.
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Google Messages on the Pixel Tablet is unacceptable for relying on QR code sign-in and a web app, but the company might be working on a Google Account-based pairing alternative.
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Given the popularity of voice memos, Google Messages is bringing the ability to record and send to the Wear OS app.
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Beeper funnels all of your favorite messaging services – including Google Messages and iMessage – into one place, allowing you to communicate with anyone and mediate notifications from different apps. This guide will show you how to add iMessage and Google Messages to Beeper.
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It’s no secret that Android is adding support for satellite connectivity, and that includes within Google Messages, where it seems Garmin will be a key partner in getting things up and running.
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Back in March, we enabled a big revamp of the voice recorder UI in Google Messages, and it has now undergone another redesign.
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RCS is available to every Android user at this point, but that hasn’t ended the messaging headaches that come from iMessage and the lack of RCS on iPhone. But now, the third-party app Beeper can support both Google Messages RCS and Apple iMessage on both Android and iPhone, all within the same app.
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While a very tiny change, the muscle memory impact of Google Messages switching the position of “Reply” and “Remind 1 hr” in notifications is comically big.
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After testing group end-to-end encryption for the past few months, Google Messages has now fully rolled it out and is enabling RCS by default.
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The Galaxy Z Flip 5’s outer display is a massive upgrade over past models, in part because it supports a select few full apps. Among those supported without major modification are Google Messages and Google Maps, which can be very useful on the Galaxy Z Flip 5.
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With the homescreen redesign widely available in the beta channel, the next Google Messages feature is the ability to pin up to five conversations.
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Google is redesigning the Messages homescreen in an interesting way that replaces the navigation drawer and introduces key branding into the Android app.
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Over the past week, some users of Google Messages for web have encountered an issue where everything is automatically marked as read.
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Google Messages on the web rarely gets updated, but a recent addition lets you directly reply to RCS chats like on Android.
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Google today announced its support for interoperable end-to-end encrypted communication between large messaging platforms, with plans to integrate the MLS protocol into Google Messages and Android.
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Google rolled out the ability for Messages to auto-group SMS texts and RCS chats last year, but the categories have now disappeared for some users.
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Google is continuing its move to more explicitly label “RCS” in Messages with a very prominent badge noting which conversations are eligible.
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