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Still hoping that 3rd party support finally comes. I haven't moved to RCS simply because I can't customize Google Messages at all. I like features I currently have like delayed send & signature.
This might have been the weirdest article I have ever read. It is already way more advanced and simple to use on Android.
I'm starting to believe you write these factually wrong articles on purpose.
On Android - in any app - you just mark the text you want and press Copy. If you want to edit what you copied, in case you copied to much (whole message etc) just press Edit. Done.
This way you can also copy multiple things simultaneously...from multiple messages and so on. And have them all easily accessable - simultaneously.
On iOS or iMessage? Nope, you cannot do it. It just provides the most basic copy/paste-functions.
I think you may have missed the actual point of the article. i think the distinction here is between Android's system-level copy/paste features and what Google Messages itself lets you do with a message. I'm specifically talking about the latter. Android may already offer more advanced clipboard functionality, but Google Messages hasn't always made it this straightforward to select and copy only part of a message. That's the feature I'm talking about here.
Not referring to themes. NextSMS has features like delayed send, which comes in handy for those instances where I make a mistake in the message & it gives me a few seconds after I actually press send. I can also add a text signature which can be a useful feature for business. While Google Messages has made advances, it still lacks many of the customizations that I have come to depend on.
I agree 100%. Hell, had it not been for messages not going through, specifically in group chats, I'd still be using Textra. I used NextSMS since the Handcent days from 2010-2019, then switched to Textra after my then Note 8 got OneUI. If I could ditch Google Messages I'd do it in a heartbeat.
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Still hoping that 3rd party support finally comes. I haven't moved to RCS simply because I can't customize Google Messages at all. I like features I currently have like delayed send & signature.
This might have been the weirdest article I have ever read. It is already way more advanced and simple to use on Android.
I'm starting to believe you write these factually wrong articles on purpose.
On Android - in any app - you just mark the text you want and press Copy. If you want to edit what you copied, in case you copied to much (whole message etc) just press Edit. Done.
This way you can also copy multiple things simultaneously...from multiple messages and so on. And have them all easily accessable - simultaneously.
On iOS or iMessage? Nope, you cannot do it. It just provides the most basic copy/paste-functions.
It's aman. He's always writing these asinine articles for clicks.
Thanks for the comment, Charlie. 🙂
I think you may have missed the actual point of the article. i think the distinction here is between Android's system-level copy/paste features and what Google Messages itself lets you do with a message. I'm specifically talking about the latter. Android may already offer more advanced clipboard functionality, but Google Messages hasn't always made it this straightforward to select and copy only part of a message. That's the feature I'm talking about here.
"I can't customize Google Messages at all"
What phone are you using? The chat themes have been available across most Android devices for almost a month.
Not referring to themes. NextSMS has features like delayed send, which comes in handy for those instances where I make a mistake in the message & it gives me a few seconds after I actually press send. I can also add a text signature which can be a useful feature for business. While Google Messages has made advances, it still lacks many of the customizations that I have come to depend on.
I agree 100%. Hell, had it not been for messages not going through, specifically in group chats, I'd still be using Textra. I used NextSMS since the Handcent days from 2010-2019, then switched to Textra after my then Note 8 got OneUI. If I could ditch Google Messages I'd do it in a heartbeat.
I'm really disappointed that Google has not opened up access to 3rd messaging apps.