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Google Messages gets new icon and features, coming to Phone and Contacts soon
On October 20, Google announced that it’s updating the Messages app icon over the coming weeks with a fresh new look and plenty of features. Google Contacts and Google Phone apps will also have a similar treatment in the near future to better reflect today’s modern experiences.
Let’s explore new Google Messages icon:
As any conversation is incomplete without a second side, a similar thing reflects in the design of the new Google Messages icon with overlapping messaging bubbles coming together as one. The fresh new look can be seen in the motion image showing bubbles turning into the new Messages icon.
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The new icon of the Google Messages app is now live for some, while, Google said that the Phone and Contacts apps will also be updated with the same look and feel as per their purpose. Each is designed to adapt to Material You themes, so they can always match your personal style.
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New Google Messages features:
Apart from new icons, Google is also bringing a set of new features to the Messages app, which you can check below.
- Ability to respond to an individual message in a conversation when RCS is enabled
- New feature will allow you to react to SMS texts from iPhone users with emoji
- Voice Message Transcription – Available now on Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Z Fold 4
- Reminders are now included directly in Messages
- You can now watch YouTube videos within Messages
- Messages will now intelligently suggest you “star” messages that contain texts like addresses, door codes, and phone numbers
- If someone sends you texts like “Can you talk now?” Messages will suggest a Meet call by showing an icon right next to the message
- Experimental: New feature under testing in some countries that lets you chat with businesses you found on Search and Maps directly through Messages
- Seamless connectivity across your favorite devices such as your phone to Chromebook to your smartwatch
- Google is partnering with leading Airlines to offer messaging on flights too.
Voice Message Transcription
Google Messages got an intelligent new feature called Voice Message Transcription that auto-transcribes the message so you can access it with ease. If you receive an audio message, the feature will turn it into transcripts to let you “view” the audio like you would a traditional text message.
Samsung has kicked off the March 2023 update for the Reminder app, which carries version 12.4.03.8. The latest update adds new features to the app to provide a better experience.
March 2023 update for the Samsung Reminder app brings the Edit category button to More options. Now, you can edit the category of the Reminders easily.
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In addition, the update also added a View details button to check notification details separately on the lock screen where notification details are set to be hidden. Whenever a notification arrives, you can click on the View Details option to check the details of that reminder, which are usually hidden on the lock screen.
Apart from this, the company also fixes common Samsung Reminders issues that users were facing in the previous update. The latest update is available on Galaxy Store, which weighs 24.74 MB package.
Through Galaxy Store, you can install the latest update by tapping the Updates option under the Menu of the app. We recommend users download the latest update to enjoy the new features of the Reminder app on their Galaxy smartphone.
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The update is compatible with Galaxy devices running Android 13-based One UI 5.1 or One UI 5.0. It is an initial rollout so it may take some hours/days to reach all eligible Galaxy devices.
Samsung Reminder 12.4.02.600 update now available for One UI devices
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy and One UI 5.1 software deliver an exceptional experience on the Galaxy S23 flagships. One UI 5.1 is the smoothest Android skin of Samsung, but scrolling the Galaxy Store app is the worst experience, for some Galaxy S23 users.
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According to reports, the display refresh rate drops below 60Hz while scrolling in Galaxy Store on the Samsung Galaxy S23 series. This reduced refresh rate destroys the pro-grade user experience, which is available on other, even third-party applications.
When you scroll the screen in Galaxy Store, you would face stutter (a low refresh rate) on all Galaxy S23 smartphone models. Even, you might head toward system Settings to ensure whether your phone running on Adaptive motion smoothness or not.
It’s worth mentioning that the low refresh rate support for Galaxy Store feels like budget phone usage to the S23 consumers. And probably, it might not be an S23-limited issue, as Samsung’s own app distribution platform doesn’t feel smooth on more Galaxy phones too.
There are also talks that the recent firmware update destroyed Galaxy Store’s scrolling smoothness on the Galaxy S23 series. Anyway, Samsung must look into the matter and re-optimize the Galaxy Store for the latest flagship, custom chipset, and the new One UI 5.1 software.
If you are facing the same issue on your Galaxy S23 phone, try clearing the Galaxy Store cache and user data once, followed by a reboot. It should somehow make the experience better, and as a temporary solution, we suggest you access Galaxy Store only for One UI app updates, as everything is already available on Play Store.
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Google Play Store received this month’s first update on March 2nd. Now, Google started to release version 34.9.11 update to the Play Store app market as part of the 5th release in March 2023.
As always, there’s no changelog for the Google Play Store version 34.9.11 update. However, the company may have added under-the-hood improvements in order to enhance your experience while discovering apps, games and other stuff along with refined download and install functions.
How to update Play Store officially:
- Open Google Play Store app, hit the Profiles icon to expand the options
- Tap the 2nd last option entitled “Settings” followed by “About”
- You’ve reached the destination, finally hit “Update Play Store”
Google Play Store update usually gets downloaded in the background as soon as the release becomes available on your device. When you restart your phone, the installation begins and concludes quickly so you can have the latest version of the app market.
Not recommended | You can also sideload the latest version before its public release via APKMirror.