Abstract Google Messages is main the best way with RCS choices for Android customers. Widespread issues are actually to be had in RCS chat for beta testers, providing robust chat and historical past choices. Whilst this selection isn't app-wide and simplest works for RCS chats, it does upload a a laugh and personalized touch to messaging. It won’t have the worldwide achieve of WhatsApp or the sensation of iMessage, however RCS is a huge factor – particularly in the USA, the place numerous Android customers are actually talking to an up to date usual that are supposed to change MMS and SMS. Over time, Google Messages has been a well-liked house for RCS as the corporate continues so as to add equipment to each its app and its Jibe platform to assist give a boost to the ecosystem. Now, RCS chat is getting a method to customise it for others.
Compatibility What the iPhone is getting RCS approach on Android We'll nonetheless be within the inexperienced bubble, however our pictures don't need to be so brilliant RCS coloured heads are appearing up. Closing November's building is being rolled out to a couple beta testers nowadays. We will verify that we're seeing the brand new function on some gadgets after converting from 20240228 to 20240308, however it sort of feels there's a server-side element concerned as neatly, as now not all of our gadgets had the function after the replace. When you're probably the most fortunate ones, you’ll be able to take a look at the brand new colours by way of clicking the three-dot button within every chat thread and settling on Alternate colours from the dropdown menu. Then again, you’ll be able to pass to the overflow menu, then make a selection Main points or Team Main points, and also you'll in finding the Alternate colours choice below pictures and movies. Right here, you are going to be introduced with an image of 9 other colours in a talk or staff.
The default theme (a long way left) makes use of the Subject material You theme to attract its delicate colours out of your instrument's display screen, however the different 8 choices use shiny colours for messaging and background pictures. There’s no method to combine the app, now not that we present in our trying out, however this is sensible as a result of this selection simplest works in RCS chats and now not SMS message threads or MMS staff chats. Get right of entry to theme (left) in comparison to colour theme (proper) in darkish and light-weight modes When you choose a brand new colour for any thread, you are going to see a message on the backside of the display screen that claims “You’ve got modified the theme.” Subsequent to this, a Alternate hyperlink is supplied to briefly leap to the settings web page the place you’ll be able to trade or make a selection a unique theme. Curiously, this message didn't seem at the recipient's lead to our trying out, nevertheless it did seem on Google Messages on the net, even supposing the headers aren't these days supported. Thanks: Hamzah and Moshe
