Category: Messaging Apps

  • Gemini can now summarize your Google Chat conversations

    Gemini can now summarize your Google Chat conversations

    Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chat is introducing support for Gemini conversation summaries on the home view. This allows eligible users to get bulleted synopses for unread groups, threads, and spaces. The feature is currently rolling out to Android, iOS, and web users, but it could take a few weeks to show on…

  • Google Chat adds voice message transcription for web and mobile users

    Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chat is rolling out a new feature that automatically transcribes voice messages. Users can view or hide transcriptions, with screen readers also supporting the feature. The rollout begins today for all Google Workspace and Workspace Individual users across Android, iOS, and web platforms. Google is further enhancing Google…

  • Google Chat is rolling out video messages, but there are limitations

    Alex Walker-Todd / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chat is rolling out support for video messages, which could make users’ interactions more personal. For now, you can only record video messages using the web client, but you can view received ones on your smartphone. The feature is currently unavailable on Linux, ChromeOS, and Firefox, and recordings…

  • Verizon shuts down its Message Plus app in favor of Google Messages

    Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon is shutting down Verizon Messages and its Message Plus app, with total discontinuation scheduled for November 7, 2024. Thanks to RCS adoption on iPhones, there is little reason left for Verizon to compete in the messaging app space. Verizon recommends users switch to Google Messages and Apple Messages….