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Verizon Gives You Message+ Users Another Month to Find a Replacement

Kellen November 7, 2024 16

To kick off the month of October, Verizon caused a bunch of users of its Message+ app to freakout with an announcement that it would shutdown the service by November 7. Well, that day as come and it appears that Verizon is giving everyone another month to find...

Google Messages Gets ‘Sensitive Content’ Warnings for Nudes, More Scam Protections

Tim October 22, 2024 4

Google continues to build upon its Messages app, which is important considering the amount of people now using it. By Google's count, over a billion people use Messages every day, so the more Google pours into making it a sweet messaging app, the better. This...

Verizon Message+ is Shutting Down

Kellen October 3, 2024 25

Verizon has had a text message app called Verizon Messages, that everyone referred to as Verizon Message+, for at least 8 years. The app isn't something I ever considered using, as it has always been a bit behind in terms of UI trends, but it has at least 100...

It’s Easy to Turn Off Gemini in Google Messages

Kellen September 10, 2024 5

As someone who has been switching phones a lot lately, there's a setting I've had to dig for each time I switch that lives within Google Messages. I'm talking about the Gemini toggle to turn off Gemini in Google Messages, because this is not a place I need...

To Speed Up RCS Adoption, Samsung Makes Google Messages New Default

Tim July 23, 2024 21

This year, Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 buyers will notice that Samsung's usually preloaded Messages app is no longer present, and instead, users will simply have the default of Google Messages. Samsung has long loved having its own branded solutions...

Google Messages Might Soon Stop Compressing Your Images so Much

Tim July 18, 2024 5

Code changes spotted inside of Google Messages point to increased photo quality sharing abilities, and given how much guff Google was giving Apple about supporting RCS, we think it's about time this change was taking effect. Right now, Apple supports iOS 18...

RCS Gets Standardized Message Edits, Reactions, More

Kellen July 9, 2024 19

The Universal Profile 2.7 was released at the end of last month and discovered by the folks at reddit who follow all the happenings with RCS (Rich Communication Service). This update to 2.7 brings a bunch of standardizations to RCS messaging, which is...

Google Messages and RCS to Soon Let You Text 911

Kellen June 6, 2024 9

In emergency situations, making a call to 911 might not always be possible. What if you had an alternative way to contact 911, like through a messaging app? Hey, that's happening later this year, during the winter, through Google Messages. In a brief...