EVERYTHING you can DO in Google Messages!
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Published 2024-06-25
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Timestamps
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0:00 - Intro
00:26 - Google Messages: The basics
00:35 - Swipe actions
00:58 - Smart reply
01:35 - Spam filtering
02:11 - Notification reminders
02:36 - Web link previews
03:02 - Cross-device chat
03:47 - Schedule messaging
04:06 - Pinned conversations
04:16 - Starred conversations
04:30 - Mark all as read
04:42 - RCS: The future of SMS messaging
05:31 - Typing indicators
05:48 - Read receipts
06:17 - Force SMS and MMS per chat
06:38 - Universal message reactions
06:57 - Improved image and video sending
07:25 - Voice recorder + Voice moods
07:51 - Google Messages: The exclusive features
08:07 - Chat customization
08:20 - Message Gemini
08:35 - Expressive animations
08:52 - Selfie GIFs
09:07 - One-tap calendar integration
09:22 - Automatic OTP deletion
09:42 - Chat bubbles
10:06 - Voice message transcriptions
10:19 - Magic Compose
10:41 - PhotoMoji
11:05 - Nudges
11:26 - Google Meet integration
11:42 - What is your favorite Google Messages featur
All Comments (21)
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Top-tier video. Thanks for spreading the word. π
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Showed this to my lady (she's iPhone, I'm android.) and she was impressed and even wished iMessage had some of these features. ESPECIALLY smart reply. Told her RCS was coming to iPhone in the fall and her main reaction was "so I can see when you're typing and get read receipts??" She was stoked...and that makes ME stoked. Thanks for this.
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Cons: 1. For Unread Messages: Both the sender's name and the message content are displayed with the same boldness and font size (Same intensity) which makes it difficult to distinguish between them. 2. Font Customization: The app does not adopt the phone's default font settings, even if a custom font is applied to the entire phone,
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I'm glad the OG feature (setting custom colours for contacts) are back
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Only thing about reactions with iPhones is it doesn't work with media messages, only text (not sure how limited RCS will be, knowing Apple, so unsure if that changes.)
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I actually switched to Google messages about a year ago because of the rcs features. Love this app and use it paired on my tablet as well.
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I love Google Messages
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Still waiting for the RCS editing feature
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i would have prefer Google adopted the Samsung Messages App interface and then implement their features as Google Messages looks ugly interms of UI.
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Will they ever add contact pictures next to messages
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I actually use it as a basic message app. The only thing I really use are the spam filters and swipe to delete.
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Can't react to MMS (pics, gifs, etc), only SMS. Unless there's an option to enable it? π€·πΎββοΈ
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I have Google messages and I'm loving it My wife has it and she loves it too so I prefer the Google messages than using Samsung messages I don't like so great video keep them comingπ π π π π
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I use Google Messages. Although sometimes its easy to swipe away messages especially if you use swipe gestures.
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Last time I checked Messages the app lacked a key feature β delayed sending. I'm not writing about scheduled sending. Delayed sending lets you set a delay between taping "Send" and actually sending the message. This way you can re-read your text and abort to change or discard it before it actually gets sent. That's why I still use Textra.
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There's something wrong with sending voice memos with google messages. And sending short 1 min films takes forever before sending.. I hope that improves
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such a good video. now thats a real tech review. no nonsense and very helpful
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Shakespeare shenanigans is my new favorite form of communication.
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Google messages has improved tremendously over the years. Wish they'd add delayed sending (not send later) feature. Cheers.
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I didn't know Google message was actually this good
