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Galaxy S21 Default Messaging Experience is Way Better Outside US

Tim January 16, 2021 53

It was detailed yesterday that the Galaxy S21 lineup would come preloaded with Google's Messages app, which has become a very solid app for texting, complete with RCS functionalities. The experience is said to be more "native" on the S21 models, with...

Google Messages Encryption is Super Live, Reactions Hit the Web

Kellen December 11, 2020 10

The feature list of Google Messages, as well as its flexibility for use across devices, continues to improve with each passing month. We learned a month ago that encryption was soon to arrive for RCS users, and that seems to be going live for more folks today,...

Google Messages RCS Goes Global, End-to-End Encryption is Coming Too

Kellen November 19, 2020 36

Google announced a couple of big items related to its Messages app this morning, both of which have to do with RCS. The biggest news is likely in encryption, but if you've been waiting for RCS to arrive in your country, it should now be. Global RCS rollout...

Thank You, Google, We Needed Another Messaging App

Kellen November 18, 2020 54

The big news out of Google today has to be their announcement of a new Google Pay experience that turns their payment platform into more than just a transactional space. Going forward, Google Pay will let you send and receive money, pay for goods in stores and...

Google Messages Starts Getting Message Scheduling

Kellen November 4, 2020 20

Google Messages continues to improve and become a messaging app worth using as your default. With features like reactions, Bubbles, and RCS all seeing action, and plans for more on the horizon, Messages is finally turning into the Google messaging app we've...

Google Messages Plans Clean-Up of All Those Passcodes Filling Your Inbox

Kellen September 26, 2020 24

Having some level of additional security on the dozens of online accounts we access throughout a day or week or month is so important. It feels at times like our data is never safe, but requiring a passcode or something similar to login to your bank or email...

Google Messages Gets Its iMessage Reactions, Other New Features

Kellen July 22, 2020 41

Google Messages, the messaging app Google has spent a good deal of time improving in recent years with features like RCS, is getting a set of improvements this week you'll love. For one, iMessage-like reactions to messages are finally here after a few months...

Google Messages Gets Android 11 Bubbles!

Kellen July 1, 2020 19

Shortly after the first Android 11 Beta build dropped in early June without many apps supporting its new Bubbles feature, Google told us to expect Bubbles to arrive in the beta channel within a week and then the stable channel at some point over the next month...