by dbadmin | Nov 19, 2025 | Google, google messages, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your employer will now be able to read your RCS chats in...
by dbadmin | Nov 18, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is addressing the long-standing issue with its Messages app, which auto-rotates the built-in gallery UI even when system settings have auto-rotation disabled. The upcoming fix enables Messages’ built-in image...
by dbadmin | Nov 13, 2025 | Google, google messages, News
TL;DR Google Messages is rolling out @mentions in beta. These @mentions allow users in group chats to tag one another without directly replying to each other’s messages. The feature doesn’t seem to be universally available yet. Though it launched as a simple SMS...
by dbadmin | Nov 7, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Gemini, google messages, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The upcoming “Insights” feature in Google Messages will use Gemini to provide a concise, three-point summary of shared links. The feature will be able to use both the provided link information and external web...
by dbadmin | Nov 6, 2025 | Google, google messages, News, YouTube
TL;DR Google Messages offered an integrated picture-in-picture YouTube viewer up until mid-2024. Earlier this year we uncovered signs that Google was working to restore this functionality. The PiP YouTube player has now started appearing for some Messages beta...
by dbadmin | Nov 6, 2025 | google messages, News
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages now lets you have up to 20 pinned conversations, up from the previous limit of 10. The expanded limit appears to be rolling out in the latest version of the app. Pinning keeps important chats visible, but...
