Anyone get the updated Android Messages App with Web support?

[wyelkins]

It works. I got it yesterday.

 

[securityboy]

So what happened to the Pixel being a priority device for updates? I have been feverishly checking my phone for the past two days.

Good point.

 

[SOF1560]

Good point.

Nothing yet either. Pixel 2XL on Verizon.

 

[Scott337]

The Pixel is a priority phone for Android updates. This is not an Android update, it's a Play Store app update. I don't think phone model matters when it comes to Play Store app Updates. They roll out as they roll out.

 

[gkitf16]

Just checked and my latest update is 3.3.043! I'll be exploring the new options on my Pixel 2 XL, and especially the option for texting from my computer! (I do most of my work, like replying to this post, on my Windows 10 computer.)

I just checked my Messages app version is 3.3.044 (Xylophone_RC23_xxhdpi.arm64-v8a.phone). No Messages for web option in the menu yet on this version. Previously cleared app cache, force stopped then updated in Google Play, but it just hasn't rolled out yet in this update. Been waiting a long time for this, very handy to not grab the phone just to reply to some trivial msg. Almost as good as FB messenger. Easier for the eyes with a much larger monitor screen anyway as we get older!

 

[Scott337]

For those that might have just joined this thread, Google Experts (as they are called) on the Google Play Help Forum posted yesterday that this is a two part update. 1.) Is the new app update and 2.) Is the option enabled by Google flipping a switch for your account. That's what they posted. You might have the newest app update but have to wait for the Messages For Web option to be enabyfor your account. Then the app should prompt you that you are ready to setup web messages. That's the story at least.

 

[Itsa_Me_Mario]

For those that might have just joined this thread, Google Experts (as they are called) on the Google Play Help Forum posted yesterday that this is a two part update. 1.) Is the new app update and 2.) Is the option enabled by Google flipping a switch for your account. That's what they posted. You might have the newest app update but have to wait for the Messages For Web option to be enabyfor your account. Then the app should prompt you that you are ready to setup web messages. That's the story at least.

Yep that's what my post about needing to be in the right app version and the server side switch is talking about.

 

[45Shield]

Got the update, but not the web option yet. Patiently waiting.........

 

[Mark Isaac]

Apparently you'll get this notification when your account is ready for messages for web.

 

[tube517]

Just checked my ZTE Zmax Pro and it did receive the messaging for web option.

So, for my phones:

Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Tmobile Oreo) - Yes
LG V20 (Tmobile Nougat) - No
ZTE Zmax Pro (Tmobile Marshmallow) - Yes

Strange that my LG did not get it

 

[Scott337]

I'm curious, has anyone that received the new app update recently and did not have the new Messages For Web option right away seen the option automatically appear yet?

 

[Dave Kolmer]

Alas, same here. Sigh.

 

[Dave Kolmer]

Awesome...that is very helpful info, thanks. I'm still waiting.

 

[chriskwarren]

I'm wondering if third-party texting apps can work 'alongside' this web feature (I would try it myself but I don't have the web option yet). I love the dark theme in Textra and I actually find that textra works faters and is snappier than Android Messages on my Pixel 2XL.

What I would like to try when I can:
1. Open Android Messages on my phone, but NOT make it default texting app
2. Pair up my phone and the Web app using Messages app
3. Try texting with Textra and the Web interface and see if the texts on Textra and the Web app sync properly

To ensure that the Messages phone app is not doing all the voodoo in the background if this experiment works, I would try rebooting my phone to see if there were some background service keeping the sync-ing going.

Has anyone tried a 3rd party app (after using the official Messages app to pair originally)?

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

I'm wondering if third-party texting apps can work 'alongside' this web feature (I would try it myself but I don't have the web option yet). I love the dark theme in Textra and I actually find that textra works faters and is snappier than Android Messages on my Pixel 2XL.

What I would like to try when I can:
1. Open Android Messages on my phone, but NOT make it default texting app
2. Pair up my phone and the Web app using Messages app
3. Try texting with Textra and the Web interface and see if the texts on Textra and the Web app sync properly

To ensure that the Messages phone app is not doing all the voodoo in the background if this experiment works, I would try rebooting my phone to see if there were some background service keeping the sync-ing going.

Has anyone tried a 3rd party app (after using the official Messages app to pair originally)?

Yes. It doesn't work. The web browser tells you to make Android Messages default. If you connect it and then make a 3rd party default it refuses to send or receive texts until you make Android Messages default again.

I have been flipping between Android Messages and Message+ for last few days because I prefer Message+ on my phone. But when using Chrome Book I like to use web interface.

 

[chriskwarren]

Yes. It doesn't work. The web browser tells you to make Android Messages default. If you connect it and then make a 3rd party default it refuses to send or receive texts until you make Android Messages default again.

I have been flipping between Android Messages and Message+ for last few days because I prefer Message+ on my phone. But when using Chrome Book I like to use web interface.

Thank-you.

I wonder if a developer will find a way to implement this in a 3rd party app? All texting apps are accessing the sms database (or whatever its called) so there will have to be a way to trick your device into thinking that the device is good to go (even if it ran the Messages app as a 'background' service, etc)

 

[davidnc]

I'm curious, has anyone that received the new app update recently and did not have the new Messages For Web option right away seen the option automatically appear yet?

Im still waiting on my second phone for the Web option (OG Pixel). Im thinking I will get it sometime this week

 

[anon(10480439)]

Interesting, I made a second user on my OnePlus 3T and the option was available for that account with a second email. Frustrating that this feature is still lacking for many users.

 

[DaraghMac]

Now beyond a joke, a full week after announcement and my S8+ still doesn't have this feature enabled!

 

[torbach1]

Now beyond a joke, a full week after announcement and my S8+ still doesn't have this feature enabled!

It seems really random. I have it on my S9+, but not on Pixel XL, both on T-Mobile. My wife's S9 also doesn't have it yet. It'll come, just need another week or two I suspect.