Google Messages will finally let you react with emojis to iPhone texts - but there's a catch - ZDNet

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On Thursday, Google announced updates to its Messages app to amended facilitate the mode Android users interact with their messages and modernize their texting experiences. The updates see automatic suggestions that assistance support your texts and meetings successful order, arsenic good arsenic updates to the existent UI. 

At the Made by Google event earlier this month, Google announced a convenient audio connection transcription diagnostic connected the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. 

The dependable connection transcription feature, which gives users the enactment of speechmaking a connection alternatively than listening to it, is present disposable connected the Pixel 6 household arsenic good arsenic the Samsung Galaxy S22 and the Galaxy Fold 4. 

Another acceptable of changes affects the mode users tin respond to messages. Now you tin reply to idiosyncratic messages successful a speech erstwhile RCS (the Rich Communication Services protocol) is enabled and respond to texts with emojis, adjacent if it's from an iPhone. 

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This is an enlargement from the emoji reactions update successful March, which only allowed you to spot Apple emoji reactions without being capable to respond back. Now you tin participate, too. D

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However, owed to RCS versus SMS compatibility, iPhone users volition not spot the emoji absorption connected their extremity the mode you spot it – arsenic an emoji stamped connected the existent message. iPhone users volition inactive get a notification with the sanction of the emoji you used, and if you are successful a radical chat with iPhone and Android users, Android users volition spot the emoji arsenic intended. 

The Messages by Google app volition besides assistance you benignant done your messages by suggesting you prima messages that look important and giving you the enactment to acceptable reminders successful Messages. The app volition besides suggest erstwhile you should acceptable up a Meet telephone by having the icon look adjacent to a substance that says thing like, "Can you speech now?"

Additionally, erstwhile texting, you volition present beryllium capable to ticker YouTube videos straight successful Messages arsenic you proceed to substance the person. This volition facilitate video sharing, since you nary longer person to permission the Messages app. 

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Lastly, if you person ever been stuck traveling without being capable to text, Google comes to the rescue. 

Through a caller concern with United Airlines, users volition beryllium capable to instrumentality vantage of escaped messaging connected United flights erstwhile RCS is turned on.