Android Messages Archives

Ugh, Let’s Talk About Google and RCS and “Chat” and the Death of Allo and…Ugh

Kellen April 19, 2018 124

It's Thursday evening, I've got a cold glass of sake in hand, the Blazers are getting just got torched, and I'm nursing a stuffy nose, all while awaiting J. Cole's new album, and The Verge drops the most frustrating Google-related messaging story on us I've...

Google Appears Ready to Turn Android Messages Into Android’s iMessage

Kellen February 9, 2018 48

Back in August, a reliable source of ours told us that Android Messages would gain a web portal, just like Allo's, that you would access via QR code. We assumed that Google would have launched it by now (that was 6 months ago), but only yesterday, the folks at...

Huawei Set to Integrate Android Messages App Across Device Portfolio

Tim January 18, 2018 8

Announced via Google's blog, Huawei is set to integrate the Android Messages app across its smartphone portfolio, not just in the US, but around the world. This will make it easier for "hundreds of millions of people" to express themselves via mobile messaging...

Google Releases More Details on the Death of SMS in Hangouts

Kellen March 24, 2017 74

After a surprise announcement made its way onto reddit last night, Google has spent a good chunk of the morning doing plenty of clarifying over what's actually happening with Hangouts and SMS integration. To be clear, though, last night's information is 100%...

Google Renames Messenger to Android Messages

Kellen February 24, 2017 68

I promise that we aren't purposely trying to confuse you all of the time about Google's messaging strategy, but we have an update today. If you head into Google Play and check the apps you have available with updates, you'll probably notice one called "Android...