Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A recurring Google Messages bug prevents some users from activating RCS, leaving devices stuck with SMS. Users have found that clearing the app cache and data for Google Messages and Carrier Services can fix ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is finally fixing its long-standing compose box issue that limited users to just four lines of text. When tinkering with the latest beta version of the app, we were able to expand ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a notification snoozing feature in Google Messages. This differs entirely from the text reminder feature previously seen in the app. The new notification snooze feature could let you snooze chats ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Last month we saw Google Messages start working on a link invite system for group chats. While still not available to use, we can now access the in-development link sharing interface. Messages will let ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Screen Effects add some big screen-filling animations to your Google Messages chats. So far, Screen Effects have been activated by using specific text trigger phrases. Messages now appears to respond similarly when you send ...
The Google Messages development team has been very active for some time now. The app has been receiving a plethora of new features to enrich the messaging experience. Apparently, Google wants to properly prepare its service for Android-iOS cross RCS ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR In August 2024, Google removed YouTube Picture-in-Picture (PiP) functionality from Google Messages. However, the latest Messages beta reveals that Google has started adding back new text strings and activity support for launching a YouTube ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is borrowing WhatsApp’s media forwarding shortcut. Users will soon be able to forward images and videos in Google Messages using a handy button. The new shortcut button streamlines the process by eliminating ...
In recent years, popular messaging services have received options that allow you to act on sent messages. This can avoid embarrassing situations where you accidentally send a message or simply allow you to correct the message if it has a ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The RCS Universal Profile v2.7 introduces new features like message editing and the ability to remotely delete sent texts. Google Messages has been working on implementing remote deletion since at least last month. While ...
