Android Messages

Android Messages by Google intends to overthrow WhatsApp by integrating instant messaging, SMS, and MMS in a single app included in the operating system.

Chat with all your contacts using the Google app

Instant messaging and chat apps like WhatsApp and Telegram have eclipsed SMS and MMS. However, it could be back soon, thanks to certain cell phone plans that allow for unlimited delivery of SMS, and the modernization of the system by apps like Google's Android Messages, which integrate SMS and MMS into one modern-looking chat and messaging app.

This application, with an interface that follows the same design guidelines of all Google apps, clean, plain and simple, allows the user to easily communicate with family and friends via SMS and MMS, as well as to send group messages, pictures, videos or Exchange audio files like we have been doing on our Android smartphones for years.

Key features of Google's Messages app

The basic idea behind this application is very clear: Google wants to overthrow WhatsApp by making this app, already installed by default on all Android devices, more than sufficient for communication without having to resort to third-party apps. For this purpose, it includes the following functions:

• Ability to send SMS, MMS, videos, images and audio files.
• Quick search to easily find contacts and conversations.
• Intuitive and colorful design that simplifies communication.
• Blocking ways to get rid of contacts you are not interested in.
• Send audio messages and hundreds of emoticons and stickers.
• It allows the user to easily share their location with the precision offered by Google Maps.
• Shows when the messages were read.
• Compatible with Android Watch, allowing users with a compatible wearable Con-Chat to message without taking their phone out of their pocket.

What's new in the latest version?

• Bug fixes and stability improvements for the app.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 8.0.