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Poll: Are You Using Google Chat?

Kellen May 23, 2022 74

Leaving Google Hangouts for another messaging platform was a once-unimaginable idea. My entire family (and most friends) had all bought into Google's most important messaging app over the years because it was simple to use through a Google account and worked...

Google Plans Tablet Makeovers for 20+ Apps

Kellen May 12, 2022 23

The tech world was quite surprised to see Google announce a new tablet yesterday after having seemingly given up on the space several years back. I guess you could argue that we should have seen this coming, though, since they have shown a new interest in...

Google Messages Group Chats to Get Encryption

Kellen May 12, 2022 12

As a part of the Google I/O keynote, Google talked a bit about its Messages app and how many people are using RCS through it, before pitching (once again) to Apple that it should think about implementing the messaging technology, without naming them. What they...

Google Might Make Your iPhone Friend’s iMessage Reactions Less Annoying

Kellen November 19, 2021 50

The timing of this bit of news couldn't be more perfect. A day ago, DL's very own Tim was on Twitter doing that complaining thing about iPhone owners responding to text messages of his with those awful reactions that show up on Android as these really annoying...

Material You UI Elements Hit Google Messages, Podcasts

Kellen September 22, 2021 9

Google is pushing hard to get the majority of its apps ready for Android 12's upcoming release, and that means most are seeing Material You updates with UI changes to reflect the new design language. If you own a Google Pixel phone, this means a lot of fun...

Google Messages is Getting a Gmail-Like ‘Nudge’ Feature

Tim September 13, 2021 8

Gmail has an automated Nudge feature that reminds you to reply to emails it deems as important. According to code spotted in the latest beta, this same thing is headed to the Google Messages application, ensuring you respond to all of those super important...

Google Updates a Bunch of Wear OS Apps for Galaxy Watch 4, But There’s Bad News

Kellen August 11, 2021 23

Samsung just announced the Galaxy Watch 4 line with the new Wear OS 3 platform and Google then followed up to talk about new experiences they'll launch with it. They mostly revealed a bunch of big app updates that'll work on Wear OS 3 watches, but also...

Verizon Joins AT&T, T-Mobile in Switching to Google Messages and RCS

Kellen July 20, 2021 57

Google has done it. It might have taken more years than any of us predicted, but here we are. Google won the RCS battle in the US. All three big US carriers have now announced that they will pre-load Google Messages on their Android phones and use Google's RCS...