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December’s Android Feature Drop Adds 11 New Features to Your Phone

Kellen December 1, 2022 20

We should see a Pixel Feature Drop with next week's update on Pixel phones, but before we get there, Google is gifting all Android phones 11 new features to be on the lookout for. From Wear OS to digital car keys to Google Photos and YouTube, there's plenty in...

Google Messages Gets a Bunch of New Advanced Features

Kellen October 20, 2022 70

Google Messages is doing its best to become an ultra-advanced messaging platform on Android, thanks to RCS and Google's heavy investment in it. While we wait for Apple to decide to stop being a meanie face over iMessage, Google announced a list of new features...

Here are the New Google Messages, Phone, and Contacts Icons

Kellen October 20, 2022 21

We're suckers for fresh icons and Google has given us three new ones to share with you today. Google is planning to update the aging icons of Messages, as well as their Phone and Contacts apps. The new icons can be seen here and are changing to "share the same...

Don’t Like the Green Bubble? Buy an iPhone

Tim September 8, 2022 129

Many users (and especially Google) have been calling for Apple to adopt RCS messaging into iMessages. Doing so could end the green bubble controversy, but most importantly, both Android and iOS users would share a plethora of great features. This week, with...

Google Messages Group Chats to Get Encryption

Kellen May 12, 2022 8

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 Messages Got Its Categories in New Update

Kellen April 11, 2022 33

In early March, Google announced a large batch of new features for Google Messages, all of which weren't really given specific dates for arrival. The only thing we were told was to expect them over the "coming weeks," in classic Google fashion. Today, at least...

All These Sweet New Google Messages Features are Official

Kellen March 10, 2022 40

Google Messages really has seen a steady stream of improvements over the years to become a solid text messaging app on Android. Its feature set continues to grow with the latest batch of new-ness bringing those iMessage reactions we talked about a few weeks...

Google Messages is the Default on the Galaxy S22

Kellen February 14, 2022 42

When setting up this Galaxy S22 Ultra review unit last week, I noticed that Google Messages was set as the default out of the box. I thought, "That's cool, one less thing to change" and moved on. I should have told you guys it seems, as tech media has decided...