Google's Messenger App Issue

[MAC20]

The new google messenger app does not display emergency alerts. I have the LG V10 and im using the default app and i see an amber alert in it but in the google messenger app it isn't there. anyone else experience this issue?

 

[B. Diddy]

That's interesting that you get Amber Alerts through your stock messaging app. I believe all Android phones can get Amber Alerts as an Emergency Cell Broadcast, which is separate from any messaging app. Do you not have that option, or do you have a preference for seeing these alerts in a messaging app?

 

[MAC20]

for some reason on the LGV10 they come thru the messenger app. i had a nexus 5 and i would also see them in my text messenger app. i checked the settings on the phone and they are turned on. but for some reason on the google text messenger app they dont show. In the stock app theres a setting for emergency alerts. on googles messaging app theres no setting for emergency alerts.

 

[B. Diddy]

Ok, I see that also in Hangouts (which I use as my SMS app), under Settings>SMS>Wireless Alerts.

I just installed Messenger to look myself. I found in its Settings>Advanced menu, there's a Wireless Alerts option. That takes me to the emergency cell broadcasts. Do you see that?

 

[MAC20]

in the messenger app when i click the menu button this is all i see

 

[MAC20]

so i did some more digging and them seems like its a LG issue. i read a forum where someone stated that LG changed the emergency alert setting from the regular settings to the default messaging app settings. so the only way you can see them on a lg phone is by using the default messaging app.

https://www.reddit.com//r/lgg4/comments/3pa0la/lg_has_the_worse_system_for_emergency_alerts/

 

[B. Diddy]

Well that's just baffling.