Google Messages is getting a massive UI makeover, and it looks gorgeous

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j_grouchy
j_grouchy
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• 1mo ago

Not a fan of the ugly beige color.

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pacattack81
pacattack81
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• 1mo ago

Can you change the background to black and adjust the font size? Google messages was never able to do the basics that textra could. Have things changed?

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mrmessma
mrmessma
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• 1mo ago

They need to allow the default home screen to be full list of messages instead of swiping up to hide the stupidly large "google messages" that takes up the top half of the default screen.

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p51d007
p51d007
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• 1mo ago

If Textra would support RCS, I'd go back to using it in a heartbeat!

But of course, google won't open the RCS code or whatever it is

to allow it.

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Brewski
Brewski
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• 1mo ago
↵pacattack81 said:

Can you change the background to black and adjust the font size? Google messages was never able to do the basics that textra could. Have things changed?

It's always black to me, so yes it can be changed. The options available are Light (white), Dark (Black), or System Default (also Black). I don't even know how you activate that ugly brown color...


As far as Font size, you literally just pinch to zoom the size you want.

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Brewski
Brewski
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• 1mo ago

I have been using Google Messages for about 2 years, (ever since all the other texting apps went bye-bye). I have never once used the search icon or the Start Chat button. So I tested it while reading your article, they appear to do the same thing. Changing their functionality will not convince me to use them.

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R1ftt
R1ftt
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• 1mo ago

Why did they ever move away from Material UI, it should have been a requirement for ALL android OEMs to implement, rather than this liquid ass they've copied from APple, whom stole it from Android of 15 years ago. This Messages change is ugly.

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TerryMc
TerryMc
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• 1mo ago

So all I would like from Google is to give me a category option like Samsung had.

I use my phone for work and personal and it was nice to have all my work texts in one folder and personal ones in a separate folder.

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Pixel4999x
Pixel4999x
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• 1mo ago
↵R1ftt said:

Why did they ever move away from Material UI, it should have been a requirement for ALL android OEMs to implement, rather than this liquid ass they've copied from APple, whom stole it from Android of 15 years ago. This Messages change is ugly.

I don't think you understand the difference between blur and liquid glass. They are not the same. The former is superior in every way.

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Pixel4999x
Pixel4999x
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• 1mo ago
↵mrmessma said:

They need to allow the default home screen to be full list of messages instead of swiping up to hide the stupidly large "google messages" that takes up the top half of the default screen.

Blame OneUI for this. On Pixel that is not the case. OneUI itself needs an update to look and feel like something from this decade. It's part of the reason I tried a Samsung phone and returned it.

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