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Google Messages copies useful feature from Samsung Messages
In the current stable version of Google Messages, when you capture an image from within the app to send it in an RCS chat, a small preview of the picture pops up in the compose box. You can tap on the image to see it in fullscreen. Well, Google has started testing a significant change […]
- By Abid Iqbal Shaik
- 1 month ago
In its simplicity, Samsung Messages is the superior SMS app
Google might be paying Samsung a lot of money to push the Google Messages app as the default option on Galaxy devices, just like it did for Chrome and Search. But whether or not it does matters not. For many Galaxy users, the fact is that Samsung Messages is the superior solution. Why? The keyword […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 6 months ago
Samsung Messages and Wallet apps were marked as harmful by Google
Google has integrated several security measures into Android, and one of those is the Play Protect service. It warns users of harmful apps and games if it senses that they can snoop on personal data, such as call logs, messages, or pictures. Recently, Google falsely flagged two Samsung apps as potentially harmful and notified some […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 months ago
Samsung explains how to fix the recent Messages ‘harmful app’ error
Some Galaxy device users closed the week with a Samsung Messages error preventing them from using the app. The error generated a device security pop-up claiming that Samsung Messages is harmful. As it turns out, a temporary failure of Google's servers was causing the error. It has since been addressed, but the issue may linger […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 7 months ago
Samsung Messages gets Pay integration, UI tweaks and fixes
Samsung has just released a new update for its default Messages app in One UI. Actually, the company released not one but three updates on the same day, and they all share one changelog, which, for now, appears to exist only in the company's native language. Oddly enough, Samsung rolled out Messages versions 14.1.32.21, 14.1.35.5, […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 1 year ago
The new Google Messages feature Samsung Messages should copy right away
Google Messages is getting an excellent new feature to help users declutter their SMS inbox, one that we think Samsung should copy for its own Messages app as soon as possible. Google has officially announced some new Google Messages functionality for users in India, and one of those involves the option to automatically delete one-time […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 3 years ago
Google Messages getting a basic feature that’s already there on Samsung Messages
That feature is the ability to pin message threads and conversations of choice to the top of the list for quicker access later.
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 3 years ago
Samsung updates Note 8’s Air Command and Live Message features, other apps
If you head over to Galaxy Apps on your Galaxy Note 8 today, you will see updates to a slew of Samsung's proprietary apps. Most of these are updates to basic apps like messages, contacts, clock, and the Samsung video player, but for the Note 8, you will also see updates to the Air Command and […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
Ahead of broader RCS adoption this year, Google Messages to improve security measures
RCS is the successor to SMS and will soon see much broader adoption, as Apple is expected to bring RCS support to iPhones later this year. Ahead of its wider adoption, Google is adding some security measures to make RCS even more secure for users, and it involves warning users about possible risks. Google Messages […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 4 weeks ago
Gemini is now available in Google Messages
Last month, Google announced that it would offer Gemini in the beta version of Google Messages starting from the last week of February. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Now, almost a month later, Gemini is finally here on the messaging platform. According to a new report from 9To5Google, the latest beta version of Google Messages offers […]
- By Abid Iqbal Shaik
- 1 month ago
Samsung updates LockStar, Edge Lighting Good Lock plugins
Good Lock recently crossed the 100-million-downloads milestone, due in part to the app becoming available in more countries over the last few months, and it has been receiving regular updates in recent days in tandem with Samsung's One UI 6 rollout. Some of those updates brought new features that take advantage of Android 14/One UI […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 months ago
Google Messages might let you edit sent messages
Good times are ahead for Google Messages, Android's default messaging app, which also supports RCS (Rich Communication Services). RCS is a newer messaging standard and a successor to SMS and MMS. It supports various modern messaging features. A few weeks ago, Google announced that it hit a billion installs for Google Messages. Then, Apple announced […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 5 months ago
iMessage app for Android shut down by Apple in the name of privacy
Over the past few years, some companies tried to make iMessage work on Android. Some succeeded, while some failed. Beeper Mini was among the few success stories. It was launched a few days ago without a resounding success. It brought iMessage to Android without any severe data privacy concerns or hacks. However, just a few […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 5 months ago
Google Messages gets new features to celebrate 1 billion RCS users
Google is celebrating a major milestone in its mission to make RCS messaging the standard messaging standard used around the world instead of the outdated SMS and MMS protocols: more than one billion users are now actively using Google Messages with RCS enabled. Google has made a heavy push for RCS in the last decade. […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 months ago
Google Messages brings Ultra HDR support to RCS
Google and Samsung have been pushing the RCS standard a lot over the past few years, and it seems to have worked. Even Apple has announced that it will bring support for RCS Universal Profile to iPhones next year. Ahead of that release, Google is adding even more features to Google Messages RCS. Google has […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 5 months ago
