Google Messages is rolling out new updates to help people “easily” build relationships with the people they “care about.” Although the new features may be useful amid the COVID-19 pandemic, these updates could bridge the gap between Apple’s Messages app and Android’s Google Messages. Recently, a report suggested that Apple’s lack of motivation to update the Messages app creates a digital divide among smartphone users. For example, when iPhone users receive messages from other iPhone users, the chat bubble is blue due to Apple-to-Apple integration. On the other hand, the same message sent from an Android smartphone will appear in a green box. Google, with its latest update, is aiming to solve at least one pain point.
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In a blog post, Google Apple is again urging its Messages app to adopt the Rich Communication Service (RCS) standard. This will essentially make the Messages app on the iPhone similar to WhatsApp. Google says that Android users can see emoji reactions to messages from iPhone users. Before that, let’s say if an iPhone user ‘likes’ a message, the Google Messages app will separately receive a text that says, “Like XYZ” or “Laughed XYZ”, where ‘xyz’ is the content . However, the update still appears to be unavailable, and Google-Alphabet is rolling out the feature to select users/regions.
Similarly, multimedia files like videos sent from Android’s Messages to Apple’s Messages are normally compressed, and the quality is substandard. The update will allow users to send Google Photos links so that iPhone users can watch videos without compromising on the original quality. It appears that the feature works with long-pressing on a photo and then sharing a Google Photos link.
Some of the facilities are also being rolled out globally after testing in select areas. For example, users in the US can now auto-delete OTPs to de-clutter messages. Similarly, users can sort apps into personal and business folders. Additionally, the Messages app will now remind users if they need to reply to old, unread messages.
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Google is also helping users remember birthdays. The blog post states that Google Messages users will now get a reminder about the birthdays of friends and family members if they save the date when creating a contact. Additionally, Emoji Kitchen that lets users combine two emoji to create a single emoji is coming to Google Messages via the Gboard keyboard.
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