

A striking peculiarity is Samsung being a manufacturer to make Messages app by Google as their smartphone’s default messaging app.Įven though Google has an Operating System of its own, you do not require to use Chromium O.S. The 2 better elements in the latest Messages app are that you can preview the links sent by your contacts and the capability to copy one-time security codes from the Messages app with a single click.Īs Google is working on the RCS, Google revealed that many data service providers and gadgets manufacturers would be including the Android-based Messages application as the factory-installed app for sending messages. Google Messages is gaining a lot of traction as the Google’s Artificial Intelligence-based reply function is a feature from their other app Allo which Google has recently put on hold as Google is right now entirely focusing on their SMS substitute, which will be the Rich Communication Services a.k.a RCS and also Google will be providing us with the Messages app with additional features. Still, according to Google’s help center page, the Messages for the web will not operate with Internet Explorer. Launched in September 2016, Allo is an instant messaging mobile app developed by Google for the Android and iOS mobile Operating Systems (OS), with a web client available on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera browsers.Google Messages for the web functions with Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge. Rich Communication Services or RCS is a communication protocol between mobile-telephone carriers and between phone and carrier, aiming at replacing SMS messages with a text-message system that is more rich, provide phonebook polling and transmit in-call multimedia.Īndroid Messages will share the same basic setup procedure with Google Allo.

The tech giant is also reportedly mulling to offer its own enhanced chat features to work with RCS messaging. They will be be able to send and receive messages in the web interface and it will link with the device to do the actual SMS/MMS/RCS communication through their network carrier,” the report added. “Users will be guided to visit a website on the computer they want to pair with the phone, then simply scan a QR code. The codename for this messaging feature is called “Ditto” but it looks like it will be labelled “Messages for web” when it is officially rolled out.

So far, we haven’t seen any significant changes to the UI, but huge things are happening under the surface,” tech website Android Police reported late on Thursday. “There’s a new version of Android Messages rolling out for the phones. Google is planning to introduce a web interface for its SMS application “Android Messages” that would let users pair their smartphones with a computer for all of their texting needs.
