Google Messages on Wear OS could soon support emoji reactions and bring along a "Mark as read" button for notifications. Here ...

Making it easy to mark messages as read, and more.

Get more control over messages ...

Google is also working on letting you edit Smart Replies before sending them.

Like most Google apps, Messages A/B tests many features. However, it takes the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch these capabilities in stable even after they are announced. From ...

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Google Messages may not be the best messaging app in every scenario, but it offers a plethora of features, enough to get the ...

Messages can now only be sent as standard SMS or MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), which require airtime or SMS bundles.

Why is this important? Scammers are increasingly turning to text messages for phishing and fraud. These new features aim to help users avoid scams by automatically flagging fishy texts and verifying ...