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To Speed Up RCS Adoption, Samsung Makes Google Messages New Default

Tim July 23, 2024 21

This year, Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 buyers will notice that Samsung's usually preloaded Messages app is no longer present, and instead, users will simply have the default of Google Messages. Samsung has long loved having its own branded solutions...

Google Messages Might Soon Stop Compressing Your Images so Much

Tim July 18, 2024 5

Code changes spotted inside of Google Messages point to increased photo quality sharing abilities, and given how much guff Google was giving Apple about supporting RCS, we think it's about time this change was taking effect. Right now, Apple supports iOS 18...

RCS Gets Standardized Message Edits, Reactions, More

Kellen July 9, 2024 19

The Universal Profile 2.7 was released at the end of last month and discovered by the folks at reddit who follow all the happenings with RCS (Rich Communication Service). This update to 2.7 brings a bunch of standardizations to RCS messaging, which is...

Google Messages and RCS to Soon Let You Text 911

Kellen June 6, 2024 9

In emergency situations, making a call to 911 might not always be possible. What if you had an alternative way to contact 911, like through a messaging app? Hey, that's happening later this year, during the winter, through Google Messages. In a brief...

7 New Features are Coming to Android, Your Devices: Google Messages, Home, More

Kellen May 30, 2024 8

Pixel owners know about feature drops, because they are Google's way of continuously adding value to devices. With each big quarterly update, Google tosses out new software ideas onto Pixel phones and tablets to keep things fun and fresh. For those who don't...

9 Sweet New Features are Coming to Android and Your Devices

Kellen February 26, 2024 8

You don't have to own a Google Pixel phone in order to experience the wonderful world of feature drops. All you need is an Android phone or device and you'll get regular (basically quarterly) updates with new features (like this one) to take advantage of...

Google Messages Takes Step Closer to Letting You Edit Messages

Kellen February 16, 2024 5

It wasn't long ago that our world was filled with so many quick-sent typos because of the combination of our hastily put-together words, keyboards on ego trips with aggressive autocorrect, and apps lacking the ability to edit them. Twitter was the most...

Verizon Switches to Google’s Jibe for RCS

Kellen February 1, 2024 29

The final carrier has joined the party - Verizon will use Google's Jibe Platform to power its Rich Communication Services (RCS) after reaching a deal of some sort. This follows similar switches by AT&T and T-Mobile last year. Details are limited so far,...