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    Android Android 12 prepares to kill off native support for SIP calling

    July 29, 2021

    Android Android 12 prepares to kill off native support for SIP calling

    Android 12 prepares to kill off native support for SIP calling

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 02:21 PM PDT

    MediaTek Officially Enters The Flagship Mobile Race With The First TSMC 4nm SOC

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 03:29 PM PDT

    Google Keep backgrounds add a few neat images [Gallery] - 9to5Google

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 01:36 PM PDT

    Preparing for Google Play’s new safety section

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 08:43 AM PDT

    Enhancements to Google Voice

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 10:36 AM PDT

    [Exclusive] Huawei P50 Pro 4G Full Specifications Revealed Ahead of Tomorrow's Launch

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 05:22 PM PDT

    Google Messages Wishlist

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 09:41 PM PDT

    With the news about all US carriers committing to use Google Messages RCS by default (at some point in the future), I took some liberty to create a list of features that I think the app should have to increase adoption and be more competitive with other popular messaging apps.

    Side-notes:

    • Yes, SMS/RCS is basically pointless outside of the US, but the likelihood of someone getting even 10% of their friends to switch to WhatsApp or Signal is extremely difficult, so default messaging may be the answer for better messaging for those in the US.
    • RCS is littered with bugs and reliability issues that will take time to resolve, but regardless, there's little preventing it from becoming the standard way most Americans communicate on Android (especially if iOS chooses to adopt too). I won't be listing any obvious bugs or quirks about RCS/Google Messages here.
    • Most of the features I'd like to see are more specific to Google Messages itself, and not so much the RCS protocol. Obviously, making these features standard on RCS would be better if users chatted between platforms or RCS apps, but for simplicity, I've listed all features I'd like to see regardless of whether they'd only be available within Google Messages, or widely available via the RCS protocol. I'm also a big proponent of security/privacy, so any features I'd also want to have privacy restrictions in place if possible.

    Feature List

    Features already in development or waiting to be released:

    • E2E Encrypted Individual Messages (very slow rollout so far)
    • E2E Encrypted Group Messages
    • RCS APIs for 3rd- party message clients to improve RCS adoption (Hello Signal?)
    • Pinned Messages, Starred Messages, Auth-codes, and better conversation organization.

    Features that would make it more on par with other messaging apps:

    • Message Replies/Threads
      • Like WhatsApp, the ability to reply to individual messages in a group chat.
      • BONUS: Slack-like threads to see all replies to a given message.
    • Basic Syntax highlighting like bold, italics, or bullet-points.
    • Messaging Profile
      • Ability to have a profile picture and name tied to your phone number for RCS. This would be nice given many people don't have pictures for their contacts anyways.
    • Last-seen or Online status
    • Expiring or Self-deleting messages
    • Message reactions with any emoji (like Signal)
    • Better messaging customization features, like chat color, background, etc.
    • Encrypted Backups (unsure if Google One backs up your messages encrypted or not)

    Dream Features - Stuff that will probably never happen, but would certainly be cool to have

    • Slack/Discord like extensions (privacy-focused of course)
      • Quick polls, group-chat reminders, the kind of stuff you might see in Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, or iMessage, but much more simplified and without much fluff.
    • Direct integration with Google Photos, especially with photo sharing of albums or individual photos.
    • Dedicated tablet/desktop clients that can work without your phone connected, like Signal.
      • (Probably not possible with RCS since you need to be connected through the carrier and/or Google)

    ​

    What's on your wishlist for Google Messages?

    submitted by /u/todapax
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    Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 official marketing renders

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 10:28 AM PDT

    OPPO Watch 2 launched in China with Snapdragon Wear 4100 and up to 16 days of battery life

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 08:54 AM PDT

    What's a feature you didn't know you need it until a phone showed it you?

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 09:18 PM PDT

    For me on my S8, notification led at the top. I recently moved to pixel 5 and I miss it a lot.

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    Summaries July 28, 2021: Upcoming new policies | Policy updates - Play Console Help

    Posted: 29 Jul 2021 01:29 AM PDT

    Google Play PolicyBytes - July 2021 policy updates

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 09:34 AM PDT

    Poco F3 GT vs One Plus Nord 2

    Posted: 29 Jul 2021 12:16 AM PDT

    POCO X3 GT Review (FULL All-In-One Review [TechTablets]

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 05:00 AM PDT

    POCO X3 GT Vs POCO F3 Comparison (With Camera Comparison) [TechTablets]

    Posted: 28 Jul 2021 05:22 AM PDT

    Why don't Android OEMs optimize as much as Apple?

    Posted: 29 Jul 2021 12:00 AM PDT

    We've all heard it, Apple builds iOS therefore they can optimize the hell out of it. My question is why don't Android OEMs do the same thing with android. Android is open source (save for the google bits) so an OEM can just take that and modify it till the point its tailor made for their phones. Why doesn't anyone do this, as far as I can tell most optimizations stop at the look and feel of the device and maybe some inelegant optimizations, like what oneplus recently did.
    Or do OEMs actually go "X phone will run Y processor so lets write custom code that will run very efficiently on Y processor"

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