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Messaging Tools: Samsung Messages vs Google Messages

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Owning a Samsung device may have drawn your attention to the fact that Samsung Messages or Google Messages were pre-installed on it. As part of a growing collaboration with Google, Samsung is bringing the Messages app created by Google is more and more Galaxy phones.

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Both apps support sending emojis, stickers, and GIFs in addition to photographs, videos, audio files, and voice recordings. However, for some reason, Samsung Messages requires you to send stickers using Samsung Keyboard rather than Gboard. On both apps, you can schedule messages, add subject lines, share your location and contacts, and store draughts.

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Messages apps from Google and Samsung make it difficult to send films since their quality has been slashed to absurdly low levels, often to the point where the information is rendered incomprehensible. For sending videos, you’re therefore better off utilizing WhatsApp, Discord, or any other third-party messaging platform.

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Only Google Messages supports the sending of documents but it is limited to 307kb and the designation of messages as urgent. However, with Samsung Messages, you may share calendar events as text messages or as VCS files and send fast replies like “What’s up?” and “How are things going?” as well as other phrases like “Sorry, I missed your call.”

There are a few more features in Google Messages that make it a more appealing choice. There are a few helpful tools that provide in-conversation ideas depending on the context of your messages under the Suggestions tab.

To enable fast communication, features like Smart Reply and Suggested Actions can help you rapidly arrange events, share your location, attach recent images, or send GIFs.

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Google Maps for Android Auto gets enhanced icons and search bar

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Google Maps has introduced some impactful design changes to its Android Auto app to enhance visibility and user experience.

Now, when you look at the map, the places you go often, like your home and work, stand out with bigger, bolder icons. This change is particularly noticeable in dark mode, where the contrast is more prominent.

In addition to icon updates, the search bar at the top looks cleaner. The previous surrounding bar has been removed from the search bar, adding to the clean and contrasted appearance of the UI.

Furthermore, if you like seeing buildings pop up in 3D when you’re looking at the map on your phone, you’ll be happy to know that now the same setting will work in your car too. They added this cool 3D view earlier, but it didn’t work in the car until now.

These updates not only improve functionality but also ensure a seamless change between mobile and car navigation.

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Google Messages introduces 3-second ‘Selfie GIF’ feature

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Google Messages is enhancing its messaging service by introducing a new feature that allows users to create a Selfie GIF. This feature enables users to record animated GIFs of up to three seconds directly within the messaging app.

The search giant also integrated a quick-access prompt within chats for creating these GIFs, similar to other interactive prompts for sharing photos or initiating video calls.

To use this feature, one must long-press the camera icon in a message thread, which will bring up the camera viewfinder and gallery. The Selfie GIF option is separate from the app’s custom camera.

The recording process of Selfie GIF is very intuitive with a countdown to guide users in Google Messages. Although there are no editing options, users can manually start and restart recording. The completed GIFs are automatically saved to the user’s camera roll, making sharing easy.

The support documentation for the Selfie GIF feature is already available, but the feature itself has not been widely released on either the beta or stable versions of the app. Hopefully, Google will soon make it available for Android users.

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Google Photos bringing ‘Hide Clutter’ feature for organized view

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Google is set to release a new feature named ‘hide clutter’ to the Photos app for a simplified user interface. The function will allow users to maintain a cleaner main photo feed by hiding screenshots, memes, and more

The Hide Clutter feature was discovered in strings of the latest version (6.79.0.624777117) of Google Photos by PiunikaWeb. Once activated, it will automatically hide backed-up photos that fall under the clutter category.

The new feature will not delete these images but will hide them from the main view. Although they will remain accessible in their specific folders.

In addition, the Memories section is being redesigned to offer a better experience. For users in the United States, the Photos app offers AI-generated title suggestions for their memories, adding a touch of personalization and creativity.

With the introduction of ‘hide clutter’ and the existing Photo Stacks feature, Google Photos users now have two powerful tools to keep their photo collections organized and appealing.

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