The Android web site has added a new touchdown web page for Google Messages that talks in regards to the first-party messaging expertise, whereas additionally noting that RCS on the iPhone is coming in fall 2024.
A bit describing the advantages of RCS — high-res picture/movies, typing indicators, and a greater group chat expertise — talks about the way it’s “Coming quickly on iOS.”
Apple has introduced it is going to be adopting RCS within the fall of 2024. As soon as that occurs, it’s going to imply a greater messaging expertise for everybody.
When Apple made the RCS announcement in November of 2023, it supplied a “later subsequent yr” timeline. Most individuals have assumed that to imply iOS 18 relatively than iOS 17. Google’s point out immediately roughly confirms that. In the meantime, it’s not clear whether or not it’s going to arrive with the preliminary 18.0 launch or a .X/level replace in the previous few months of 2024.
On this part, Google additionally states that animated emoji reactions are “Coming quickly with RCS.” The present strategy is dealt with by the Google Messages shopper, whereas iOS has one thing comparable. This would possibly recommend that reactions can be a part of the RCS specification sooner or later.
That is really the second product web page for Google Messages, with the unique being messages.google.com. (That web site hasn’t been up to date to replicate the elimination of the Google Photographs integration.)
In the meantime, Google identifies Display screen Results and Customized Bubbles as “at present in beta.” In speaking about Voice Moods, there may be curiously no beta label.
Just a few beta customers have acquired the redesigned audio recorder with noise cancellation, however we’ve haven’t seen any stories about Voice Moods being accessible but. It comes as Google has in any other case extra extensively rolled out all of the different options it previewed final yr.
Elsewhere, Google makes an enormous deal about highlighting Photomoji, blocking spam, end-to-end encryption, Magic Compose, the Put on OS app, pill expertise, nudges/reminders, and voice transcription.
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