Google Mail is one of the default texting and chatting apps provided on most Android devices. He is known as “Operators WhatsApp”because it is based on the RCS protocol and successor to SMS, which brings modern messaging with richer text functions, higher resolution images and videos and end-to-end encryption of our messages, without us having to install other messaging apps like WhatsApp.
Google he wants that posts be the app we use whenever we need to message and capture us as users it featured one of its most important updatespublished in the next few days ten novelties with which the company wants to make us love Google Messages.
What’s new in Google Messages
As adoption of RCS messaging accelerates, Google is doing its best to improve messaging between Android and iOS, while pushing Apple to support RCS on iOS as well. Now in your new update we will see how Google Messages evolves with more secure, smart and modern features.
The first novelty is that it will finally be possible reply to a single message in a conversation during chat messages, i.e. when RCS (chat functions) is activated. In this way, Google Messages follows in the footsteps of WhatsApp and Telegram to help us have more orderly conversations.
Since the beginning of this year, Google Messages is already showing iPhone reactions. Now, with its second novelty, we see that it will be possible react to text messages from iPhone users.
The third novelty concerns the voicemail transcription. If we receive an audio note, we can activate its transcription to read what they sent us. Of course, at the moment it only works in English and on the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Fold4.
New reminders are coming to Messages. In addition to reminding us of a message, with the fourth novelty of Google Messages, it will also remind us of birthdays or appointments when we open a conversation, so that we do not forget to congratulate them.
The fifth novelty concerns youtube videos. Now the YouTube player is integrated with Google Messages, so we don’t have to leave the conversation. We will see the video in a floating window.
With the sixth novelty we see how Google Mail it gets smarter. now you can recommend us highlight important messages containing text such as addresses, door codes and phone numbers. In this way, we will have this data more at hand when we want to consult this address or this telephone number that you have sent to us by message.
With the seventh novelty we also find more suggestions. If someone sends us a message asking if we can talk, a shortcut will appear next to the message to start a call or video call with Google Meet. And if someone sends us an appointment such as a message saying “Let’s meet on Tuesday at 6 p.m.”, a suggestion will appear to save this appointment with the google calendar.
The eighth novelty is being tested in a few countries. This is a new function that will allow us to chat with companies we find on Google Search and Google Maps directly through Messages.
The ninth novelty announced by Google is that the Messages application works on most devices, from mobile phones, Chromebooks, any PC from its web version and from any smartwatch with Wear OS. Here the company promotes that from Pixel Watch you can send messages through the Google Assistant.
The tenth novelty is that Google Messages starts working in the air, when you are in flight. Google has partnered with United Airlines will offer flight messaging when RCS is enabled. It will be available in United Wi-Fi for most carriers starting this fall, but Google hopes to expand support in the future.
Messages, Contacts and Phone have a new icon
This is not all news Google Mail. In the coming weeks, Google will update the Messages icon for better reflect the modern messaging experience and share the same look and feel as many other Google products. The same will happen with the icons of google contacts and the app of google phone. The new icons have a themed icon for Android 13, which offers a monochrome version of the icon.
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