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Samsung Message Guard keeps zero-click attacks at bay in One UI 5.1
Samsung's One UI 5.1 update is quite an achievement for what should have been a minor firmware bump. It has plenty of new features and improves existing ones, and it turns out that One UI 5.1 also increases security against cyberattacks through a new addition called Samsung Message Guard. For now, Samsung Message Guard is […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 1 year ago
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 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
As Vodafone shuts down RCS in the UK, Samsung Messages to get RCS support soon
Vodafone has announced that it is pulling the plug on its own RCS messaging support in the UK. An alert is already going out to the customers that the RCS messaging support will shut down between March 15 and March 31, 2023. According to some users, a message delivered by Vodafone tells the customers that the […]
- By Sagar Naresh
- 1 year ago
Samsung One UI tip: Enable Rich Communications (RCS) for messages
The Rich Communications (RCS) feature has been available in One UI for Samsung's Messages app for some time now. The option is somewhat hidden inside the Settings app, but today we'll tell you all you need to know to enable RCS and enhance your messaging experience. At least, where available. More on that later. First […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 years ago
Samsung One UI tip: Create conversation categories in Messages app
Keeping track of message lists in the internet age can be a burden. And although online messaging platforms like WhatsApp offer tools for easy group and conversation management, SMS apps usually lack that sort of social layering and complexity. But did you know that Samsung's SMS Messages app in One UI allows users to group […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 years ago
Samsung is finally making Google Messages the default SMS app for flagship buyers in the USA
The Galaxy S22 series ships with Android 12 and One UI 4.1, and although Samsung talked a bit about the latest software at Galaxy Unpacked, some minor details were left out. Or one was, at least. Namely that the Galaxy S22 series ships with Google Messages as the default messaging app in the United States. […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 years ago
Your Samsung smartphone could soon display iMessage reactions properly
Despite being a feature-rich messaging app, Samsung Messages is no longer the default SMS app for many newly-released Galaxy smartphones (running One UI 3.1 or newer out of the box). Instead, these devices come with Google Messages as their default SMS client. The app is now finally getting a useful feature that isn't available on […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 2 years ago
90-day WhatsApp disappearing messages coming soon to Samsung phones
Despite being the most widely used messaging apps, WhatsApp hasn't really been the app of choice for sensitive chats. It lacked the features that apps like Telegram provided. However, the Facebook-owned company has been making efforts to improve in this department. WhatsApp recently introduced a disappearing messages feature where users could set specific chats to […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 3 years ago
Google Messages to bring RCS integration for Samsung’s continuity feature
Although Samsung's Messages app features RCS (Rich Communication Services) integration, Google brought its own Messages app to Samsung smartphones. The app even features RCS and a One UI-like design, and it debuted with the Galaxy S21 earlier this year. Now, it has been revealed that Google could bring RCS integration for Samsung's Continuity feature. According to […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 3 years ago
Google Messages to support Samsung’s Call and Message Continuity
Samsung's Call and Message Continuity feature has been around for a while now. It's a very useful feature that lets you receive and make calls as well as send and receive text messages even on Wi-Fi-only variants of Galaxy tablets and the Galaxy Watch Active 2. There is one major restriction with this feature, though. […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 4 years ago
Samsung and Google collaborate for RCS messaging across their Messages apps
Samsung and Google have announced that they are teaming up to make their proprietary Messages apps compatible with each other for intercommunication using the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol. Like MMS, RCS is an evolution of the standard SMS messaging and allows users to send multimedia content to each other. Put simply, it's modern messaging […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 6 years ago
Samsung Messages bug that sends photos to random people being investigated
There have been some complaints recently on Samsung's official forums and Reddit that the native messaging app on some handsets, including newer models like the Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S9, is sending out photos stored on the device to random contacts over SMS. One user has even claimed that Samsung Messages sent all of […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 6 years ago
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[Update: Rolling out now] Samsung to bring back customized text message ringtones in an update
With every Android update, users gain some features and lose some. It may be either due to the decisions taken by Google or by an OEM while customizing the update. Samsung’s Android 8.0 Oreo update is no different on this issue. While the update brings many new features that users love on the Galaxy devices, […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
