Honestly, google rcs messaging is simple and amazing. The only disadvantage is that it's not automatically updated for supported devices.
@Influence4lyfe Жыл бұрын
And it often is hit or miss. Like my kids have it working but my wife doesn't and we can't seem to get her back on it with us in a group chat and even outside of the group she still doesn't have it with me but has it with others so IDK why it does that once it's equally readily available to all users it'll be the best thing ever
@kyb7795 Жыл бұрын
@@Influence4lyfe try getting her on the beta program that worked for me
@Samp1eTech Жыл бұрын
It actually is. I know a lot of people that are using it and when I've mentioned RCS, they look at me like I'm crazy. They never went into settings or anything. It just automatically turns on. I've proven this many times on my own by SIM swapping between devices and making sure I have RCS turned off before swapping my SIM back and it flips RCS on.
@SayPedia Жыл бұрын
Supported device u meant old Android versions?
@HiddenAgendas Жыл бұрын
it also uses up a shit load of battery. I and to uninstall it. No sure why it needs to send thousands of data packets to base every minute. And why the fuck does it have a key logger enabled? Strange! I deleted that shit once my phone notified me of the keylogger built in. I own a Huawei and it so far and detected keyloggers on the Google Messaging app and the Microsoft swiftkey.
@oneminutewonder77 Жыл бұрын
Honestly Google have done an excellent job with their platform. I really don't think it needs to care about the entire iMessage deal. Texting my friends with Android phones is now so much better. I just wish that the dynamic themes would have more than just pastel colors.
@Rennsaiyan13 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@MrOldskool1974 Жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@mikethatguy27 Жыл бұрын
YES!! Agree 100%
@munibhanu6179 Жыл бұрын
Hi
@dorothycharles5368 Жыл бұрын
It would be nice if we could add a background for our contacts.
@jasonelliot96332 ай бұрын
Yes thats why I'm watching this pointless video I want to be able to customize my numbers with a picture of them
@Wstghntnfk Жыл бұрын
Google messages and RCS messages is great. Ever since I've used a smartphone I've wanted the capability to mark a text as unread so I would remember to go back to it. I was so thrilled to see that Google Messages added the Message Reminder feature so if you read a message but can't reply right then you can add a reminder to it and you won't miss it later. I also love that if the AI thinks you should have replied to a message, it will give you a little pop-up asking "hey, do you need to respond to this?!?"
@7PitBullz Жыл бұрын
After you type a message if you hold down the send button for a few seconds you get the option to schedule a specific time and date for automatic message delivery
@ChristopherFawcett-tb3oq10 ай бұрын
I'm going to try and make it look good.RCS I'M YOU NOW 5:28
@donotneed22508 ай бұрын
Yep. Been doing it so long I can't recall when I started.
@BradfordRussell-m3d2 ай бұрын
@@ChristopherFawcett-tb3oq4:25
@AquaStevae3 ай бұрын
Why suddenly is there no way to change the background of the messaging window, or the color of the chat bubbles???? WHERE IS GOOGLES ARTISTIC SIDE? Even in this vid, a plain white background with pastel bubbles is BORRRRRRRING!!!!!! Even MicroSoft has more style than that!!! It used to be that I could easily add a custom background, instead of just black or white. Why oh why would Google delete that???? The entire "Background" setting is GONE!!!! WHY???? ALLOW PEOPLE TO CUSTOMIZE AS THEY LIKE GOOGLE!!!!! We should be able to make the conversation bubbles any colors we want, and change their transparency. Give people the power of customizing. It's what the entire phone industry is about. We all customize our phones and every app to our own liking. Why is Google falling behind in these functions????
@mean_ice28332 ай бұрын
ok kid.
@Z_3D11 күн бұрын
Lol that's what I came to this vid for. Guess it's not an option. Makes my phone feel like a work chat 😢
@TCave3 күн бұрын
calm down 😂
@mrmossimop Жыл бұрын
I'd like to see Fingerprint security added for google messages
@joelombardi4907 Жыл бұрын
Great video.....How do I customize the app? Such as colors, themes, etc. All I have as options is light or dark theme. I can't change colors or anything. It would be cool if I could make my text a specific color. Grey seems to be the only option.
@msmeya58 ай бұрын
I hate that too. I just downloaded today looking for a different app than Verizon Message+. Ugh. 😢 I need some color pop in my text life!
@akshaydraj Жыл бұрын
That Tim Cook contact in message is 😂
@paulhere404 Жыл бұрын
Can't find 'message organisation' on my 8t for the OTP option.
@veloonbruts97072 ай бұрын
I think its gone.
@Z_3D11 күн бұрын
You can pin to the top I believe that's it
@dchevalier604 ай бұрын
Detailed but specially looking for how to copy all or part of a text to create a new text. Currently when pressing on the text all I get is emojis
@fishingindasea Жыл бұрын
Can you not change the conversation themes to different colors? And or change it to light theme?
@the_garniiics Жыл бұрын
I wish they would have a bubbles feature that applies to saved contacts only as selecting each individual contact is a bit cumbersome
@benzi_ Жыл бұрын
I can't see the organization section in message settings. what version of messages is this? (using pix 6)
@enkidu77 Жыл бұрын
i have Galaxy S22U .. i don't either have that option.
@benzi_ Жыл бұрын
@@enkidu77 even installed beta, its not here.
@Yinzzy656 Жыл бұрын
Im on Samsung as well. Have to opt in the beta. I definitely have it.
@hemajith223 Жыл бұрын
Same issue here on a Pixel 6 Pro. Organization option is not available.
@amandacrenshaw518210 ай бұрын
Hi! Great tutorial. Can you add photos/customize each persona's rest and conversation bubbles (not the bubbles in there now)?
@14thabz Жыл бұрын
They do need to add "mark message as read" an option for swiping away messages
@ShaneOzouf Жыл бұрын
I don't understand why RCS isn't enabled by default.. on ALL android devices.
@shomari17 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@KeithLaursen3 ай бұрын
You can schedule a message but no way to delay send. I have a 8 second delay on textra and its amazing what I catch and fix after hitting send.
@ReidWhitsettLLR8 ай бұрын
I am checking some of the things recommended in this video and many features/ settings no longer exist or are changed. As usual with documentation or reviews for software, the information is invalid as soon as it is produced. Perhaps updating the information based on the current version of the app would be more useful for users.
@MrStrictlyOLED Жыл бұрын
My s23 ultra doesn’t have rcs for some reason
@immortal3667 Жыл бұрын
Not a bad program, but a lot still needs to be done 1. iPhone rcs 2. Photos are not compressed, but to view a photo in good quality, you need to download it and view it in the gallery. 3. Auto-save photo/video in google photo this is the main thing that is missing
@neorich59 Жыл бұрын
TBH, everyone I message on a regular basis, uses What's App, so I rarely use the text messaging option and, since I've never liked the onboard Messaging Apps on previous Android phones, I've always downloaded YAATA (and Swiftkey) automatically, as it's really customizable. But, I'll give Google Messages a shot, but I'll still stick with Swiftkey. There's nothing to touch it, IMO.
@Yinzzy656 Жыл бұрын
Gboard>Swiftkey sorry
@neorich59 Жыл бұрын
@@Yinzzy656 No worries. I think I've tried Gboard and went back to Swiftkey due to the long press options for punctuations etc. Unless I have it wrong, or it's changed, that isn't available on Gboard? With Swiftkey I rarely ever have to "toggle" to get to some of the characters. But, I'll have another look! 😉😉
@vedanshchn Жыл бұрын
On Android, Swiftkey is just horrible. It was great in iOS tho they removed it recently.
@vedanshchn Жыл бұрын
@@neorich59 Gboard has the long press for more punctuation marks since Android 5 days or even before.
@jessyk2579 Жыл бұрын
I have used, Gboard and SwiftKey extensively. For sure, the suggestions are better in SwiftKey. Decided to stay with SwiftKey.
@aun7511 Жыл бұрын
i would actually use it this but my family and my friends always use third party massages apps like messenger, line i don't want to force them
@TitanTubs Жыл бұрын
Does Google leverage some of these features of pixel phones only? I don't see this in Samsung
@TitanTubs Жыл бұрын
Edit. It just showed up when I opened the app again... That's not spooky at all.
@MrBala2191 Жыл бұрын
Another issue with this app is categories not sorted out when reinstalled. Every time it shows sorting still in progress but never happened.
@khalid_ansari9911 ай бұрын
When a message is received, we can view the message in the notification bar without opening the messages app, also there is a button for reply, we can reply from the notification bar itself by tapping on it. How to get a delete button there in the notification bar?
@JoJoOnYouTube Жыл бұрын
How many messaging apps will Google Have till they're satisfied?
@jeffreybower59596 ай бұрын
i have the s24 ultra and honestly,, i tried this when i first setup my phone and i prefer the facebook messanger bubbles than the google messages chat bubbles!! i just wish that they can allow users to change the chat backgrounds wallpaper on the google messages app that was pre installed!! i used to change these on the samsung messages app on my older samsung phone, but now that old samsung messages app have tooo many ads!!!
@TheLz89 Жыл бұрын
I wish they would add divider lines between chats(edit: to show a split between contacts, not the individual chat itself). I dislike the flat continuous display of all chats just there, without any breaks to separate them.
@mikethatguy27 Жыл бұрын
Yes! I agree 100% , Drives me crazy.
@curtwest7409 Жыл бұрын
You guys do such a fantastic job. Outstanding channel. Well done👍.
@GS-mh6ub Жыл бұрын
Why can you no longer switch the Google message font to the preferred font of your choice?
@susantmasi Жыл бұрын
Did anyone ask about autocorrect? I may have missed it? Great info!
@urmanascrewed3 ай бұрын
Can you scroll through your conversations quickly like with Samsung messages?
@LionRoars9184 күн бұрын
Can you do a video on how to get notification sounds to work properly in Google Messages ? They don't work on my Pixel 8a. Google is no help as they couldn't fix the issue even after a factory reset. I have had to use another application to get them to work correctly.
@Denise-xj8dm Жыл бұрын
I have downloaded fonts. Why can't I use them in Google messages. They only work in Samsung messages
@granthogden47322 ай бұрын
Unfortunately I need to use samsung messages. Mainly because of the categories feature. Eg I liase with several contacts on behalf of several family members I am a semi carer for as for several reasons. So I NEED to have each family member and their medical supports in their categories eg family member A, family member B etc. So until google messages has this I need to stick with samsung messages
@johndeverson3533 Жыл бұрын
Customize the color of the message of sim 1 and sim 2 so it can easily identify if the message comes from sim 1 or sim 2
@woodlandxwarrior7 ай бұрын
How are you separating sim 1 and 2? It automatically puts things into personal or business?
@WriterPal Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I have been using the default Samsung Messages app since I have a Galaxy S20 FE phone and can use bubbles and RCS but do absolutely miss using custom text alerts for certain friends and family members and wish I could message on my computer with the same app but it only has Google messages and Google messages for web.
@rp9298 Жыл бұрын
Is there a way around it stopping sync across devices when you turn on chat features? Doesn't seem worth giving up sync.
@ibstayfly3 ай бұрын
For groupchat whenever I wanna add someone to a group it creates a separate group instead of adding them to the current group why is that Are messages encrypted. Is this app safe and secure to use. If not are there any other secure messaging apps to use Is there a way to reply to a specific person in a group. Like if you only wanna respond to one person I don't have the chat bubble. And when I send messages it doesn't say sent or delivered Thank you for this video very informative. I will try to see if I can enable these features
@rnovia80 Жыл бұрын
if i get a new phone and my old phone has all my text messages on google messages is there a way to transfer them to the new phone. i have stuff in texts that i would not like lose.
@sethmunoz3608 Жыл бұрын
The number one feature I use on Google messages is the web link service
@seanpfeiffer30516 күн бұрын
New phone..... uses Messages and I used to be able to hold down on screen and "Copy" would come up. I need this again. Now it brings up stuopid imogee suggestions. Any ideas?
@SirPedro83 Жыл бұрын
Also, I do watch these videos ad they come out.
@byavarsi Жыл бұрын
Still not convinced to give up Microsoft SMS organizer. It's the organization.
@johnterdik470716 күн бұрын
do you have an updated video? It seems that Google has enhanced the app since your posting and it is difficult to implement your suggestions, at least for me it is!
@Redbone3807 ай бұрын
I wonder why in your advance settings on google messages app you have 5 things you can enable, mine only has 3 things to enable
@ollieedwardes1461 Жыл бұрын
Google should make most of these on by default
@MrGogofoxx Жыл бұрын
For some reason i don't have this Message organization option on my pixel 7 pro , so is this feature spacefic to some areas or not rolled out yet to all users ?
@arvalan Жыл бұрын
I also don't have, I guess it regional
@MrGogofoxx Жыл бұрын
@@arvalan yea i thought so too , but when i contacted google support , they made sure it is not regional 😅. So i don't really know anymore
@djratino7 ай бұрын
Only a few of my friends can receive RCS messages, even though they have RCS capabilities. I have mine set to MMS on my contacts that can not receive them.
@911soham Жыл бұрын
One thing I really don't like, is the google messaging app does not allow you to write a message and save it as a draft without putting a contact details first. If you want to write something you need to choose a contact first then only the writing window appears. its very annoying if you just want to write and save something as a draft.
@ranaropar Жыл бұрын
Hi sometimes we receive notifications from lets say Bank or security company everytime there is an transaction or event. Now we have lots of sms's piled up from one number, you only want to keep only recent ones. In Google messages to delete old messages I need to select each message one by one, or delete all. It will be nice to have an option to quickly select only those messages which we want to delete messages sent from a specific number. However this feature is available in Huawei messages, I tested it on my P40
@sbatty65227 Жыл бұрын
I know what I need to say and I know how to type it. The only thing I think is worth its weight is the swipe function to delete messages.
@KevinGarcia-KaratzuАй бұрын
Only problem is I don't have a search bar or profile circle and not sure how to add it. Cannot find anything online.
@edwardnigma65311 ай бұрын
They still should not have removed the custom color personalization.
@nacekozo Жыл бұрын
It may well be a good app, but I don't know anyone that uses Google messages
@tajonlewis270614 сағат бұрын
How can you change the fonts?
@sheilahazard Жыл бұрын
how to set an automatic reply. an 'away' message or 'driving' message
@victoranthony14849 ай бұрын
I wish I knew how to change the notification sounds.
@allisonalexis6645 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your video o really enjoyed watching
@fidato_ Жыл бұрын
I prefer the minimal design of Samsung Messages over Google messages. Nobody uses Google messages here so I am cool with Samsung. But I do feel thta Google should take over so more people can get connected to each other . Google messaging should be the default on every Android phone
@megabaneen8057 Жыл бұрын
Thanks.. 👍 great tutorial..
@justinengland9814Ай бұрын
It would be amazing it if worked!
@cristianoashok8410 Жыл бұрын
Do people still use the message app, after my school days I've never seen anyone using these.
@henuemphuse Жыл бұрын
Honestly I prefer Samsung messages. I have a lot of texts from a lot of different numbers. I prefer being able to make my own categories for things like work, gov, ect. I had Google messages all of an hour on my s22 before realizing I hated it and switched to Samsung messages. Im not scrolling for 10 minutes to an hour to find the conversation im looking for.
@jibberoverjava5 ай бұрын
Does Google Messenger RCS encrypted voice messages from it's own Google data collection or are we unwittingly authoring Google to be the Data Pirate of yet more of our data?
@juned_sumra Жыл бұрын
Enabling chat features in Google message app will also show ads which is why I unistalled it and currently using samsung message app.
@oregonhomeowner2 күн бұрын
Is it possible to edit the smart replies?
@mightyskull Жыл бұрын
Nice sweater man!
@aefelton98046 ай бұрын
Can google messages read aloud incoming text messages? Especially when driving?
@sole__doubt Жыл бұрын
A feature on an android that I wish was on ios. Thats a first for me, its usually the other way around.
@Yinzzy656 Жыл бұрын
Um whats the feature?????
@CobraDriftKing Жыл бұрын
My gifs don't work when receiving them and some pictures when receiving them come out black & white and super grainy
@ExtremelyClever55511 ай бұрын
I am using google messages app and whenever I create a group text, and a few minutes later I need to add someone else to it, it creates another group instead of going to the original group. How can I fix this? My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Flip 4. OMG this so frustrating to me....Help! Help! Help!
@Dragon100277 Жыл бұрын
What is RCS messaging? I noticed on select messages you can like and react to messages. I turned it off
@cmdrxevaster Жыл бұрын
Sadly, S22 Ultra in Canada doesn't offer the message organization options or Voice message transcription.
@Paoabarai Жыл бұрын
Same some of these features not available in my pixel 7 in my region
@yiannisd8286 Жыл бұрын
Good, helpful video. My only advice is to try to speak more clearly because sometimes you go into bursts where you speak fast and your accent is a little hard to understand. Keep making great content!
@kerrisemlow3297 Жыл бұрын
How do you change the blue color back mine turned brownish or greenish color and I get checked marks below my text messages I send
@aayushrautela Жыл бұрын
Any comments about google blocking RCS in unsupported countries (I am talking about EU, not some third world countries lacking infrastructure to support the service)
@erick-gd7wo Жыл бұрын
In my country where all of smartphone users use WhatsApp, RCS sounds quite alien to them. I might understand how to activate it without any proof, whether *it really works or only turned on without any action* . I have only 1 or 2 contacts who has RCS seemingly active among 90% Android users. That's where I turned RCS OFF...
@KLASSYCHICA Жыл бұрын
how do you add i message (blue icon) to iphone
@hemasirivithanage Жыл бұрын
Hemasiri
@davidkloempkenMN Жыл бұрын
Question how do I get the profile pics back? On the main page, you have a list of contacts I chat with, but if I go to one, the photo is there. on the main page, it just changed to their first letter. I didn't change anything help?
@Verlamian Жыл бұрын
Thanks but I really didn't need the frustration of searching for settings and associated features that aren't yet available to non-beta users.
@daisyboi Жыл бұрын
haha I'm glad it's not just me like??????
@daisyboi Жыл бұрын
spent a good 15 mins searching for how to turn on otp auto delete!!
@enkidu77 Жыл бұрын
i am using Galaxy S22 Ultra. The Google Messages app i have in my phone does not have these options you mentioned in your video. Are you using a Pixel phone?? also maybe you are using a beta App of Google Messages??
@Yinzzy656 Жыл бұрын
Yes hes on pixel. However if you opt in to the Beta you will get most of those features.
@aleciles Жыл бұрын
Got them on my S21 Ultra, have you turned on Chat features?
@enkidu77 Жыл бұрын
@@aleciles yes
@blakemoody5866 Жыл бұрын
only complaint about google messages is there arent catagories like samsung messages, or a way to have message templates. Being able to quickly put a samsung note into a text is a crucial feature so I am not constantly copy and pasting things
@pepea2610 Жыл бұрын
Yes!! This is what I'm looking for. I don't see Quick Responses anymore in my new phone. How do you use Templates in Samsung Messages?
@cowmbing Жыл бұрын
I have RCS but don't have the "Message organization" in settings. is it because Pixels are not officially in my country?
@birchtree5884 Жыл бұрын
Annoying that RCS doesn't work when a VPN is on. Gotta put Carrier Services and Messages thru split tunnelling.
@NotSaino Жыл бұрын
0:11 "and on other few android phones" not few, every android phone other than samsung phones has Google messages as default sms app
@mlgen7 Жыл бұрын
Chat categories is not rolled out completely right? I don't see it yet.
@JimboJones99 Жыл бұрын
On my S23 Ultra I can't use any reactions when messaging other google messages contacts
@swsf Жыл бұрын
I never use messengers. absolutely everyone around me uses WhatsApp. I think I wrote the last SMS two years ago
@NelsonTouchett Жыл бұрын
Do you know how to remove the "TOAST" notifications that are the major issue IMO for GM
@user-up1dk3um2m7 ай бұрын
i have a question all of sudden my s24 ultra is sending my verification codes to whatsapp and not to my regular text messages , how do i fix it ?
@itsjustashow Жыл бұрын
What holder is that for the pixel watch?!
@LermsHash Жыл бұрын
Blocked at configuration.....i try all but it doesn't ....
@excuse.me.sir. Жыл бұрын
I really like RCS messaging, but for some reason when I enable it, I don't receive any texts if I'm not connected to WiFi or mobile data. Is that normal? So I just leave it disabled because I don't like to always be connected to the internet. Especially when I'm at work because my signal is pretty weak and it drains the shit out of my battery
@therealbobafett Жыл бұрын
Do you have data saver enabled? It would be in your system settings. I used to have that enabled and RCS never worked for me until I turned it off
@nicholasmoffett4327 Жыл бұрын
yes, it's normal. RCS is carried out via wifi/data, not through the same service as SMS. (actually, MMS is also carried through data, but android devices tend to temporarily reenable data to send MMS and it usually doesn't show up on a phone bill anyway)
@excuse.me.sir. Жыл бұрын
@@nicholasmoffett4327 ok thanks for letting me know. I appreciate that
@jackwright9616 Жыл бұрын
Is there a way to so that when i click on messages menu and see all my messages if someone last message was a picture they sent me to not show that on the menu its kinda annoying?
@markaaroneugenio40369 ай бұрын
how do you know if the text message was sent through sim 1 or sim 2 on Google messages? I don't think it has that feature. Or if there is, can someone teach me? 😅
@akshayHRX Жыл бұрын
How to take backup of messages, please review
@katlyncarter8890 Жыл бұрын
I’m trying to get my chat features to work! It will not verify at all, I have done everything to make it work and still doesn’t.