They gave me a specific date of like Nov 7 and messages + would be turned off. So is regular Verizon messages staying on or are they turning that off as well?
I don’t know if you were only addressing the OP - and my apologies if you were - but I thought that I would chime in with my 2 cents worth of opinion.
While customizing themes is a nice feature, it hasn’t been one of the primary reasons I have preferred Textra over Google Messages. The top 5 reasons why I have used Textra as my primary messaging app and why I haven’t cared for Google Messages are, unlike Textra, with Google Messages you:
Good list & I agree on all of the points, especially the cut & paste text selection. Hopefully, they will rectify that down the road.I don’t know if you were only addressing the OP - and my apologies if you were - but I thought that I would chime in with my 2 cents worth of opinion.
While these are the top 5 reasons, there are more Textra features which make it an attractive alternative to Google Messages.
- Can’t adjust font size. In my opinion, Google Messages text is too small. Not everyone shares the same vision, some people have vision disorders and users should be able to adjust the text to their eyesight.
- Can’t adjust colours. Once again, individuals see and react to colour differently. There are plenty of colourblind males – about 8% of the population – along with a lesser amount of females. You may be able to see a certain tone of blue better than I can. Let the user decide what colours work best for their individual eyesight.
- Can’t copy and paste as much or as little of a text as you want. With Google Messages, you must copy a whole text message and then delete text that you didn’t really want in the copy and paste. This is just silly as you can copy and paste as much or as little text as you want in most other apps, including many of Google’s apps.
- Can’t set individual vibration patterns for each contact. You are in a meeting and you need to hear from and respond to one contact as soon as possible. What do you do? An individual vibration pattern lets you decide whether a text is important enough to read and/or answer in an environment where you want or need to silence your phone notifications and only respond to that one important message.
- Can’t schedule messages or add a delay to messages. These are handy features. “Hey, it’s 4AM and I don’t want to wake Mary, but want to send a text while I am thinking about it.” I just schedule the text for an 8AM delivery.
Thanks for the heads up. Just opened Google Messages and saw the schedule feature for the first time. I might never had known it was there if you hadn't mentioned that it was.
You are welcome.Thanks for the heads up. Just opened Google Messages and saw the schedule feature for the first time. I might never had known it was there if you hadn't mentioned that it was.
That's one small step for Google, one giant leap for humankind.
She wasn't happy.... 
Please share. I, and others, would love to know how you change font size (not pinch & spread, which I know can be done, but changing the text size in the app [and only the app - no accessibility mode that changes the text size on everything] so that it is always the same, consistent size that works best for me and my use case), adjust colours in Google Messages to my preference, copy and paste one word out of a sentence or one sentence out of a paragraph and set up individual vibration patterns for each of my contacts. Your assistance in helping me find these features will help make the transition to Google Messages as my default app much, much easier and be truly appreciated. Thanks in advance.Agree with @BerryBubbles . I believe that Google Message offers most, if not all of the features listed. I have been using Google M for quite some time now, even with my previous Samsung phones. I like it.
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