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.
@JoyStickJester_ yes and that sucks , I started experiencing no delivery & read confirmation last week so made move to Google messages. Downside to that is no duel sim notification customization so both numbers have same alert sound.
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 custom font , even if a custom font is applied to the entire phone, Most of google apps runs over single font such as Gmails & drives
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.)
It's kind of there if you turn on profile discovery then your Gmail profile picture would be on your contact if you message someone they see the picture even if they don't have your number saved
When I try playing a video in messages, it keeps opening a full screen version instead of normally just playing the video as is, how do I fix that? It gets annoying after awhile, deleting and resetting all settings in the app fixed it temporarily and then it started doing it again
Last time I checked Messages the app lacked a key feature - 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.
I hate how they removed the Google photos option for sharing videos through text. There used to be a way to send a video as a Google photos link right in a text message but that option is gone now. If I try to share a vid, it says it’s too large to send and asks me to trim it. Seems like now I have to open up Google photos, find the video, click share and create the link THEN send that link to someone which makes no sense to me when this was once integrated into the actual messaging app instead of the convoluted way to do it now.
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
I see you also missing a few features. Like example the magic compose. There’s two part you only have one. I don’t understand why Google does that. Why they don’t let everybody’s have the same features.
Link previews are convenient, but also an attack vector as it is downloading parts of the website on your device. A malicious actor just has to send you a link where the payload is in the preview and Google Messages automatically downloads it.. can it be turned off?
When I have my sim on an iPhone, I get a lot of spam messages and calls. However, I don't get any of that on the Galaxy S24U. That's why I stick with Android. Those calls are so annoying.
I am on the beta version of Messages in the UK and I have a Gemini button, but when I press it, it opens up a chat window with a random phone number. No idea what could be going on there
So i know if you long press on a message it gives you various emojis/reactions to respond with ( thumbs up, heart, smiley face, etc ). A while ago they added the " quick response " where you double tap the message and it sends a designated emoji. Do you have any idea how to change which one gets sent? A family member had the S22 and when he double tapped he'd send a thumbs up. I have an S23 ultra and my double tap sends a heart ( not something i necessarily want to be sending to just anyone ). Now my family member upgraded to the S24 ultra and now he sends the heart too with the double tap. Please help me figure out how to change/set which emoji gets sent with the double tap.
Did they bring back categories like samsung? That's the only way I'll switch. Ex Samsung i can add contacts to groups (kid's schools/ parents). If i need to text some, it's easy to find, etc. Send as a group or individual. I prefer individual.
I skimmed the whole video & didn't see dark mode anywhere. No thanks, I need that, sticking to Textra until Google messages has dark mode. Update: theoretically Google Messages should be in dark mode as long as system wide dark mode is enabled. Update 2: Dark mode works but the background is not pure black like with Textra.
@@WaistedawaybeadingbyMaryK check Lock Screen notifications I remember the other day downloading it on a Samsung Galaxy s23 ultra for some reason it disabled all the notifications from all apps if still not working then there must be some issue
The only thing that sucks with sending vidoes is everytime i try to send one from my gallery it tells me that i have to chop it down because the file is too big.
I still prefer Samsung messages. It just looks better. I don't give a damn about "hearting" a message. As long as they get it, that's all that matters.
@solorzanofelipe true but it can be downloaded in the galaxy store. Google messages is missing features like categories for example and the pin option. Samsung messages just looks a lot better. Functionally Google messages is really good
Plus with Samsung messages you can use a theme with it. You can't get that with Google messages. On top of that you can change your font along with Samsung messages but you cannot do that in google messages
@@brianvee3678on top of that, with Samsung message user can set different alert notification sound for duel sim device. Each number can have its own alert sound when message is received. That very important feature isn't avaliable on Google Message.
Why won't Google let you get individual replies in MMS group messages like Samsung Messages? I don't like to see everyone's replies to a Picture, Giff, or screenshot that I send to a group. I want individual replies. Does anyone know if they will implement this feature? I can send regular texts with SMS and get individual replies only. That's why I still use Samsung Messages.
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 coming😅😅😅😅😅
Google removed categorisation which is part of Message organisation. It worked really well, I don't know on what reasons they removed it. That's a really helpful feature.
Did not know that I could pair Messages with my desktop, or about voice memo messages, CHATTING WITH GEMINI, and some other things lol this video was extremely useful thank you!! Except even though I can enable show expressive animations, I can't get it to work. Selecting the confetti emoji doesn't do it... what am I missing?
Does Google messages have a repeat alert for texts that are not answered or opened, like every 5 minutes the text alert goes off until text opened? It's available on quite a few other text programs, but I don't see the option in Google messages or am I missing it ?
Google is the worst company ever. This shitty messaging app was on my S24 Phone. It shows me rcs sent but the receiver gets a expensive SMS. Did not even realised its not the way better Samsung messages. I never agreed you can use my phone number.
With Google Message , user can't set separate alert notification sounds for duel sim devices = FAIL. You would think google would have figured that out by now seeing Samsung message has had that feature for years,
Top-tier video. Thanks for spreading the word. 👏
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would be awesome to be able to text people from Messanges to WhatsApp :3 I hate WhatsApp but its a "must have" sadly :/
Yeah but other Instant messaging apps don't ask for Play Integrity.
Bring back Categories!
Google messages is buggy lol
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.
Nice
Same here. I can't wait to be able to communicate with my wife again! LMAO😂😂
@@jinvid amen to that! Lol!
I’m an IOS user & I’m happy for RCS being available for iPhone & Apple devices. This should’ve happened a long time ago.
Why you didint use WhatsApp or Viber ?
i would have prefer Google adopted the Samsung Messages App interface and then implement their features as Google Messages looks ugly interms of UI.
Google Messages has a slightly different UI for Samsung devices that better match the aesthetic of One UI.
Well Samsung Messages is being phased out.
@JoyStickJester_ yes and that sucks , I started experiencing no delivery & read confirmation last week so made move to Google messages.
Downside to that is no duel sim notification customization so both numbers have same alert sound.
Nobody needs this google messaging app. Its google so its not good.
Not being phased out, but not being loaded on new phones. Will still be available through Samsung app store minus a couple of features.
Still waiting for the RCS editing feature
It was supposed to just show up in the beta and it still hasn't.
Bro same
It's called WhatsApp.
@@bradavon Originally it's called Telegram 😅😅
@@bradavon sounds like you need to stay off the drugs...
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 custom font , even if a custom font is applied to the entire phone, Most of google apps runs over single font such as Gmails & drives
This was a great and informative video, thank you!
I tried google text messaging I liked it but cant change text background or use my custom fonts
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.)
It's more about Apple not wanting to play ball since imessage is basically it's best feature aside from FaceTime. It's a simple coding fix
I actually use it as a basic message app. The only thing I really use are the spam filters and swipe to delete.
Will they ever add contact pictures next to messages
Oh my god, we really need that!
They had it that way before and got rid of it and I've hated the new layout 🤦♂️
It's kind of there if you turn on profile discovery then your Gmail profile picture would be on your contact if you message someone they see the picture even if they don't have your number saved
I definitely had that for along time 🤷🏽♂️
@@SamHalesJrI missed my contact photos next to messages.
10:16 I have the voice message transcriptions feature on my S23+. I just got it a few weeks ago
When I try playing a video in messages, it keeps opening a full screen version instead of normally just playing the video as is, how do I fix that? It gets annoying after awhile, deleting and resetting all settings in the app fixed it temporarily and then it started doing it again
I didn't know Google message was actually this good
Neither did I
Last time I checked Messages the app lacked a key feature - 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.
It used to be able to do this before too. I dunno why they removed it.
I want that magic composer on every Google message Not only Google Pixel but excellent video man
I hate how they removed the Google photos option for sharing videos through text. There used to be a way to send a video as a Google photos link right in a text message but that option is gone now. If I try to share a vid, it says it’s too large to send and asks me to trim it.
Seems like now I have to open up Google photos, find the video, click share and create the link THEN send that link to someone which makes no sense to me when this was once integrated into the actual messaging app instead of the convoluted way to do it now.
Why chat Colours Changing option is not available in my pixel 6a
No privacy. Google keeps everything you ever type or do.
So does apple lol
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
I see you also missing a few features. Like example the magic compose. There’s two part you only have one. I don’t understand why Google does that. Why they don’t let everybody’s have the same features.
Link previews are convenient, but also an attack vector as it is downloading parts of the website on your device. A malicious actor just has to send you a link where the payload is in the preview and Google Messages automatically downloads it.. can it be turned off?
When I have my sim on an iPhone, I get a lot of spam messages and calls. However, I don't get any of that on the Galaxy S24U. That's why I stick with Android. Those calls are so annoying.
Love it thank you!!
Does Gemini in messages work for anyone in the EU??
If so, are you on stable or beta?
I am on the beta version of Messages in the UK and I have a Gemini button, but when I press it, it opens up a chat window with a random phone number. No idea what could be going on there
@@michaelball93 same thing happened to me but I thought it was because I was using a VPN
@@dala2958 Maybe it means it's on the way but Google needs to flip a switch on the server side. Who knows?
I would love a feature to remove myself from group texts
So i know if you long press on a message it gives you various emojis/reactions to respond with ( thumbs up, heart, smiley face, etc ). A while ago they added the " quick response " where you double tap the message and it sends a designated emoji. Do you have any idea how to change which one gets sent? A family member had the S22 and when he double tapped he'd send a thumbs up. I have an S23 ultra and my double tap sends a heart ( not something i necessarily want to be sending to just anyone ). Now my family member upgraded to the S24 ultra and now he sends the heart too with the double tap. Please help me figure out how to change/set which emoji gets sent with the double tap.
Did they bring back categories like samsung? That's the only way I'll switch. Ex Samsung i can add contacts to groups (kid's schools/ parents). If i need to text some, it's easy to find, etc. Send as a group or individual. I prefer individual.
Can you tell me how to add a contact to an existing group chat? I was hoping to find that in your post.
For me , open your group chat , click the 3 dots on the upper right corner and click add people.
How did you get Gemini in Google Messages to work in the UK? I didn't think it was available here.
Why on Samsung you can not stop messages from being deleted automatically I use Google messenger and I can not find this setting
I really wish that when you get dates for an appoint or dinner etc it would go into my calendars without me pushing the button to create the meeting
Cant seem to find this app on both my android and iphone devices
The option to long press a message and set or schedule a reminder has been gone for me for a long time. I miss it, as u used it often.
How do you make folders to seperate the message to different folders?
What app is closest to Samsung? Because it just pushes me to make calls again and buy a camera.
Magic composed doesn't work on my phone is there a way you turn it on or do I just not have the future?
I had one too, Stephanie!
I can’t reply to messages. Searched for solutions but none work.
seems like it does pretty much anything now
hi, why don't the smart replies appear on my samsung s22 ultra phone?
I skimmed the whole video & didn't see dark mode anywhere. No thanks, I need that, sticking to Textra until Google messages has dark mode.
Update: theoretically Google Messages should be in dark mode as long as system wide dark mode is enabled.
Update 2: Dark mode works but the background is not pure black like with Textra.
Go to messages settings, then scroll down & select theme.
Hi love, thanks, but I don't get notifications when I get text messages. Can you tell me how to correct this
Check the notifications for some reason it’s disables notifications after u enable it
@Hxmza good morning. That is the first place I checked.
@@WaistedawaybeadingbyMaryK check Lock Screen notifications I remember the other day downloading it on a Samsung Galaxy s23 ultra for some reason it disabled all the notifications from all apps if still not working then there must be some issue
sometimes a text won't send i have to turn off my phone just so it could send why's that?
I have Google messages on my Pixel 7 with the latest update and I have absolutely none of the features in this video
I think it's more of a region based thing. Me in India having the latest updates, I never get half of the features that ppl in the US would get.
Google Messages doesn't bring anything new if it too requires internet to work. also, its settings page is a chaotic mess.
It works on Data or Internet what more do you want?
Gemini is a good feature
Nudges gone here in the US on my S
The only thing that sucks with sending vidoes is everytime i try to send one from my gallery it tells me that i have to chop it down because the file is too big.
I think it's easier to send from gallery than messenges
Most are NOT available on my tab S8ULTRA...very disappointing 😮😢
Sadly everyone uses whatsapp where I live
Here too
Mine has stopped transcribing messages and it's the one thing I miss
Good morning plz how to use gemini on Google message?
I use Google txt every day
Good video
Google messenger took away the edit part
Awesome! new to pixel
So actually, why to have whatsapp? This is better and easier. For privacy we have signal.
SMARTY gang rise up
I don't even see send messages faster on my pixel 8
Interesting 🤔. Maybe it's an update thing? Or location?
In India, Google Messages is filled with Ads for betting websites
I still prefer Samsung messages. It just looks better. I don't give a damn about "hearting" a message. As long as they get it, that's all that matters.
Samsung just announced a few days ago that they will start using Google Messages and will no longer provide Samsung Messages to their new phones.
@solorzanofelipe they will still provide them they just won't be standard you will have to download it separately from play store
@solorzanofelipe true but it can be downloaded in the galaxy store. Google messages is missing features like categories for example and the pin option. Samsung messages just looks a lot better. Functionally Google messages is really good
Plus with Samsung messages you can use a theme with it. You can't get that with Google messages. On top of that you can change your font along with Samsung messages but you cannot do that in google messages
@@brianvee3678on top of that, with Samsung message user can set different alert notification sound for duel sim device. Each number can have its own alert sound when message is received.
That very important feature isn't avaliable on Google Message.
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⚠ ZERO PRIVACY WITH THIS APP ⚠ avoid if you dont want your private conversatuions to participate in data mining.
lol no it is end to end encrypted
@@Donquixote_Doflamingo. While Google gobbles up the messages to predict quick responses (read your messages to be able to predict quick responses)
WhatsApp is 1000 times better than this 💩
Just use signal.
Signal has garbage compression for sending photos and videos.
I love Google Messages
I'm glad the OG feature (setting custom colours for contacts) are back
Why my Google Messages RCS stuck on verify number ? 😅 Before my RCS worked with the same number
I lost the reminders features a long time ago, how do you still have them? I thought those were getting phased out?
Same here, there's no clock icon to set a date and time for a reminder
I keep thinking... how is BBM still more advance then todays texting apps?
Man listen...
Don't stress urself
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Bbm?
Than.
NOT then.
Why won't Google let you get individual replies in MMS group messages like Samsung Messages? I don't like to see everyone's replies to a Picture, Giff, or screenshot that I send to a group. I want individual replies. Does anyone know if they will implement this feature? I can send regular texts with SMS and get individual replies only. That's why I still use Samsung Messages.
6:46 no... Looks like iPhone broke it again with the new RCS implementation 🙄
I can't wait to get my pixel 9 pro. Leaving iOS and selling my 15 pro max.
Oh, yeah!!
Very informative video. Thank you. Think I'll continue using Samsung Messages for now.
I use Google Messages. Although sometimes its easy to swipe away messages especially if you use swipe gestures.
Can't react to MMS (pics, gifs, etc), only SMS. Unless there's an option to enable it? 🤷🏾♀️
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 coming😅😅😅😅😅
All I get is the texty google messages on my mac sequioa 15. I don't really care for it. I can't find the one you have in tutorial
Google removed categorisation which is part of Message organisation. It worked really well, I don't know on what reasons they removed it. That's a really helpful feature.
Did not know that I could pair Messages with my desktop, or about voice memo messages, CHATTING WITH GEMINI, and some other things lol this video was extremely useful thank you!! Except even though I can enable show expressive animations, I can't get it to work. Selecting the confetti emoji doesn't do it... what am I missing?
Google messenger you can't recover deleted texts if they add that I'll switch
usefull video
No option to customise messages and save them for future use?
Can't change the color my chat bubbles on some of my contacts
I know! that's why I don't like it😒
That only happens when that contact is not on rcs. It defaults back to regular message for that particular contact
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.
Does Google messages have a repeat alert for texts that are not answered or opened, like every 5 minutes the text alert goes off until text opened? It's available on quite a few other text programs, but I don't see the option in Google messages or am I missing it ?
On Samsung phones you can snooze the message notification (which does what you are describing)
Google is the worst company ever. This shitty messaging app was on my S24 Phone. It shows me rcs sent but the receiver gets a expensive SMS. Did not even realised its not the way better Samsung messages. I never agreed you can use my phone number.
It still feels a bit outdated though.
With Google Message , user can't set separate alert notification sounds for duel sim devices = FAIL.
You would think google would have figured that out by now seeing Samsung message has had that feature for years,
8:22 how to I get this on my Pixel 7, do I download the Gemini app? I’m have beta testers on for the message app, is that a reason I can’t get it.
The search function is still broken
Samsungs can also transcribe voice notes in Google Messages!
Not that it matters, but just in case someones cross-shopping 😊
Samsung messages is being shut down in favor for Google Messages
Can you change the emojis shown in the app? I don't like how the google ones look.
All that and still can't back up messages to drive
I hate the double bubble for read and received. I wish it was still seen and read and delivered.
When will RCS let you edit text ?
It has been rolling out to some, but it's not yet widely available :(
Can I not Broadcast a message to all my contacts? I can do groups of 20 people at a time 😢
How can I reply to a specific text in a group chat on Google messeges
Can yall add reaction to photos when people send them
Adding a mood to voice massages iant available on mine
I don't have some of these options on google messages 😩