Google Messages update hints at real-time location sharing (APK teardown)
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on adding live location sharing to the Messages app. Currently, the app only lets you share your location by choosing through the in-built location picker. Whether you’re meeting up with friends or need someone to pick you up, being able to
Crosswalks in Silicon Valley hacked to play satirical messages from Musk and Zuckerberg sound-a-likes
A number of Silicon Valley crosswalks were hacked to sound like U.S. big-tech broligarchs, according to reports published by local media this weekend. Palo Alto Online reports that folks pressing crosswalk wait buttons in Redwood City, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto areas heard messages featuring Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg
Google Messages is making it easier to unsubscribe from automated text messages
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to unsubscribe from automated text messages. The feature adds an “unsubscribe to stop receiving messages” pill at the bottom of the screen. Tapping “unsubscribe” opens a dialog that asks why you’re unsubscribing
Google Messages is finally fixing the cramped compose box
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is finally fixing its long-standing compose box issue that limited users to just four lines of text. When tinkering with the latest beta version of the app, we were able to expand the size of the compose box to 12 lines. This
Here’s how Google Messages group chat invite links will work
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Last month we saw Google Messages start working on a link invite system for group chats. While still not available to use, we can now access the in-development link sharing interface. Messages will let you create shareable URLs and QR codes, which expire after
Slow & broken media transfers in Google Messages? Google is on it
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has issued a fix for the media sharing problem on Messages. Users have reported slow media transfers and pixelated images, with some experiencing complete media transfer failures. Google says recently rolled-out updates should significantly improve media receiving performance. Google has acknowledged an issue
Google Messages preps a mini search makeover (APK teardown)
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on several tweaks to the search interface in Google Messages. Perhaps the most notable change is that search filters now make better use of empty space. Google Messages offers pretty robust search functionality, allowing you to sift through texts with a
Emojis can be hacked to hide data or messages, unicode Characters also susceptible
Earlier this week, software engineer Paul Butler published a blog post titled “Smuggling arbitrary data through an emoji.” In it, he showcased a tool he created to allow you to do this yourself and explained how and why the tool works. Essentially, the exploit here boils down to a fundamental
Samsung’s Google Messages rival isn’t dead, gets new update
Despite previous reports, Samsung Messages has not been discontinued Samsung’s native messaging app even had RCS support reinstated Samsung Messages is now only available via the Galaxy Store Despite a previous statement widely interpreted as a discontinuation announcement, Samsung’s Google Messages rival is still available for Samsung Galaxy smartphone users
