by dbadmin | Oct 15, 2025 | Google, google messages, News
TL;DR Key Verifier, a feature meant to confirm messages are coming from the person you think they are, is now live in Google Messages. The tool generates per-device QR codes that you and your contacts can scan to verify unique device keys. Google also mentions that...
by dbadmin | Oct 10, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Gemini, google messages, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A new feature called “Insights” has been found in the Google Messages beta. Insights shows up as a button that appears when others share a link with you. It comes with the Gemini icon. The feature is likely meant to...
by dbadmin | Oct 7, 2025 | Google, google messages, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages will now recognize nudity in videos and warn users about what they’re about to watch. When the feature is enabled, videos with nudity in Google Messages may be blurred by default. Users should also be...
by dbadmin | Sep 27, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News
TL;DR Google Messages has been working on a system to let you @mention other users in chats. Users who are mentioned in such a manner should see an @ symbol next to the chat. Messages may automatically suggest an @mention when you start typing someone’s name. Being...
by dbadmin | Sep 27, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News
TL;DR Google devs appear to be considering implementing some changes to how Messages displays link previews. Previews could drop the full URL, and might start omitting page descriptions. Messages may start coloring its previews to match page graphics. What do you...
by dbadmin | Sep 26, 2025 | Authority Insights, google messages, News
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown of the latest Google Messages beta has revealed a change to group chat icons in testing. We managed to activate the option to remove a group chat icon and restore the default four-avatar...
