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Report: Google Working on Messaging Service to Rival Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp

Tim December 22, 2015 104

Reported by the Wall Street Journal, Google is working on a brand new messaging service, one to rival Facebook Messenger, Skype, and WhatsApp. If true, it would appear Google is not completely satisfied with its Hangouts offering, but what would differentiate...

Customize Threads With Colors and Emoji on Facebook Messenger With Latest Update

Tim December 17, 2015 10

It seems Facebook has been hard at work adding new features into the Messenger app this week, and the latest additions are custom colors and emoji for your individual chats. Now, if you want a custom color for your conversations, you can set a theme from...

Google Messenger, Google’s Good Messaging App, Got New Features Today

Kellen July 8, 2015 119

Google's Messenger application, the messaging app with an modern UI that they actually update regularly with awesome features (looking at you, Hangouts), received an update today that, well, introduces awesome new features. In the update, which drops in as v1....

Pushbullet Receives Biggest Update Ever, Basically Becomes the Ultimate File-Sharing Messenger App

Kellen June 30, 2015 54

The folks at Pushbullet pushed out a massive update today across all of their apps. In fact, they are calling this their "biggest update ever." That's a bold statement for an app that we can't stop writing about because each update seems to be awesomeness big....

Google Actually Recommends That You Use Messenger for SMS Over Hangouts

Kellen May 6, 2015 256

For months, we were confused as to why Google created and introduced their own Messenger app when we were all expecting Google Hangouts to become the standard for all messaging needs throughout Google's services. From instant messaging to texting and MMS to in...

Google’s Messenger App Gets Quick Replies in Latest Update

Kellen April 29, 2015 168

If you still text message and happen to use Google's Messenger application, you are going to want today's update immediately. In the latest build, Google has added in a quick reply-like feature that allows you to quickly respond to text messages without ever...

More GIFs Please: Facebook Intros Entire App Store Just for Messenger

Tim March 25, 2015 31

Facebook is going all-in on Messenger. Today at its F8 developer conference, the company introduced an entire platform for developers to create standalone applications that integrate with Messenger. Created to help people enhance their Messenger experience...

Facebook Introduces Payments in Messenger, Available in “Coming Months”

Tim March 17, 2015 22

Facebook introduced a new feature for Messenger users this morning - the ability for you to pay friends directly through the messaging service. Say your friend needs you to pay him/her back for the lunch they bought you yesterday. Once the service is available...