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

Kellen November 19, 2021 49

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 59

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...

Google Could Let RCS Finally Come to Your Favorite Messaging App (Updated)

Kellen July 9, 2021 26

Google has finally convinced (most) carriers to adopt its Messages app and the RCS or "Chat" service they've implemented within it, basically as the default text message app for Android phones going forward. It's a huge milestone for RCS and one that should...

AT&T Joins the Google Messages and RCS Party

Kellen June 30, 2021 23

Google and AT&T dropped a bit of excellent news on the wireless industry today by announcing that AT&T is all-in on Google Messages and RCS. We love this because it means another carrier is onboard for the greater messaging good in the US, following in...

End-to-End Encryption Exits Beta for Google Messages

Tim June 15, 2021 18

Google introduced end-to-end encryption for one-on-one conversations in beta inside the Messages app last November. This week, the feature has apparently exited beta, available to all inside of the app via the Chat Features menu. There's no need to do anything...