Google Messages May Introduce Post-Send Text Editing Feature
Austin JayIn the latest version of Google Messages from months ago, there were hints about a possible new way to edit what you sent, as someone exploring its code noticed.
The clues pointed to four settings, but trying to make them work led nowhere. Other messaging apps are doing things to help fix mistakes.
Apple's iMessage on iPhones recently brought in changing what you said within two minutes.
WhatsApp added something similar to this year, except you got 15 minutes to modify a message. Unlike those, Google's version wouldn't let you get rid of a message after hitting send, a distinction in this evolving landscape of messaging features.
Google has yet to provide its thoughts on this discovery, leaving the specifics of what it planned uncertain. There may be limits on editing texts, such as time restrictions, or if people getting messages will have access to see the history of changes.
However, a small part of code found by TheSpAndroid hints that the feature could match with the RCS messaging protocol, as shown by the presence of "original_rcs_messages_id."
People have hoped for ages to modify messages after they were sent on different chatting apps. Telegram and WhatsApp let you do this already, making Google Messages follow suit. Apps changing what they can do is a trend. The competition between messaging services has gotten hot with RCS.
Rumors say Apple may add support for RCS to iOS by 2024. This could link platforms better and cause more new ideas.
Still, the edit feature on Google Messages is hidden in its test version, away from users. With no word from Google, no one knows when or if we'll get to use this big thing we've wanted.
So users wait and watch, unsure whether this primary tool will ever appear like we wish to.
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Google Messages is getting some cool updates for people to use. Users with newer Pixels can make pictures into talking photos, called Photomojis, and send them to friends in chats.
There are also nine different Moods for voice messages to make them sound better by boosting sound quality. Over 15 Screen Effects start when typing things like "It's snowing" to add moving pictures to talks.
Messages also do artistic effects with certain smileys and emojis. Now you can set up a profile connected to your phone number so pals see your name and face across Google tools, helping know who unknown numbers are and who's in group chats.
These features will be in the beta version, and if you can use them, it depends on where you live and your phone. Google's updates come as Messages hits a significant milestone of over a billion people using it monthly with RCS.
RCS ensures advanced chatting features like seeing when others read, group talks, and protection like encryption.
Google's push to get RCS working across devices and platforms like Apple's has seen progress. After years of holding out, Apple aims to assist RCS by 2024, maybe due to European Union laws, even though iMessage has long been a status symbol for Apple users. These improvements mean a significant step toward chatting being the same across all devices.
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