Skinned Google Messages

[waqqas31]

I got the option and I tested it, and it works!

 

[smooches680]

I got the option and I tested it, and it works!

Which Google messages are you using?beta, apk? Or the stock that came with the phone?

 

[Will_T]

Which Google messages are you using?beta, apk? Or the stock that came with the phone?

As of yesterday, I have the same as waqqas31 described in post 301. I am using the _20220329_00_RC00.phone_samsung_dynamic, although I am also a beta tester.

 

[KPMcClave]

So does anyone now know how the functionality is achieved, in terms of if it is done by something in the OS or something in the Google Messages App? What OS and what Google Messages App version are people on, that have it working?

It's a server side update that Google pushes out in stages. There is no common app version/phone/OS version combo that is getting it.

It's also looking like each of these new features must be being pushed separately.

 

[waqqas31]

Which Google messages are you using?beta, apk? Or the stock that came with the phone?

Yes, I'm on beta. My app version info is in the pic below.

However, I do not have the ability to 'react' to messages received from iOS users. I am only seeing their reactions to my messages.

 

[spARTacus]

It's a server side update that Google pushes out in stages. There is no common app version/phone/OS version combo that is getting it.

It's also looking like each of these new features must be being pushed separately.

Pushing to what? Pushing to an OS update to the phone or an App update to the phone, or to both? The software functionality for this is presumably contained in one or the other, and/or depending on aspects of both.

That's what I am trying to understand. In a traditional sense and standard concept, a phone manufacturer can't just arbitrarily "push stuff to a phone".

 

[Will_T]

Yes, I'm on beta. My app version info is in the pic below.

So it looks like you are on the same exact version as me and also a beta user. But you do not have the ability to react to the iPhone messages and I do. I tested with my son and I see his and he sees mine on his iPhone 12. This is a common thing and why the server side control is suggested as the reason. It is all a bit confusing to me so I gave up tying to fully understand it.

 

[KPMcClave]

Pushing to what? Pushing to an OS update to the phone or an App update to the phone, or to both? The software functionality for this is presumably contained in one or the other, and/or depending on aspects of both.

That's what I am trying to understand. In a traditional sense and standard concept, a phone manufacturer can't just arbitrarily "push stuff to a phone".

Yes it can. Google updates features in many of its apps this way. It is *not* tied to any OS or app update. You may need to be on a particular version of the OS or app, but the feature does not arrive via updates to those.

 

[spARTacus]

Yes it can. Google updates features in many of its apps this way. It is *not* tied to any OS or app update.

I'd be interested in knowing more about how they can do that, unless it's tied into something similar to maybe like webview. Separate topic I guess.

 

[Dualmonitors]

Yes, I'm on beta. My app version info is in the pic below.

However, I do not have the ability to 'react' to messages received from iOS users. I am only seeing their reactions to my messages.

my updated on date is March 22nd, as opposed to yours which was updated on March 28th. i keep checking but there is no update for me currently.

like you, i can see some reactions now but i have no ability to react. what a bummer?!??? why can't they get this fixed once and for all, rather than this piecemeal situation?

unbelievable.

 

[Kilroy672]

Not sure if I enjoy the new message system, much prefer what I had on my S21. Can I switch back? Also I wish I could change background colors in my messages like I could before.

 

[Kilroy672]

Just open Google messages and it will prompt you to change it to the default messaging app.

This is my situation this is the first full day of using my S22 so I wasn't aware of the messaging issues. This is what I have done tonight..I set the default to what looks like to be the old Samsung logo for messages and set that to default and nothing happens. So I go to messages after setting the old Samsung to default and this is what happens...the second picture.. After I set default SMS app nothing happens.. Sounds like this is a well known issue..

 

[thacounty]

I got the emoji setting on my S22U with the Samsung_openbeta_dynamic version, but it was still sending me the text "this person liked this message"; only instead of saying they liked it, the message had the emoji in it. I switched to the regular beta from apkmirror and it is working properly, putting the emoji on the message and deleting the "this person liked this message". Anyone else have this happen? I would like to go back to the regular version just so I'm not having to check APKmirror regularly.

I also have the organization options, but I don't have the option to switch categories. I do think it has deleted most of my OTP's other than a couple I found, so that is a positive.

I still do not have the links from google photos in settings.

 

[holz75]

Yes, I'm on beta. My app version info is in the pic below.

However, I do not have the ability to 'react' to messages received from iOS users. I am only seeing their reactions to my messages.

Unfortunately, we're not supposed to be able to react. Now, that would be real progress!

 

[Dualmonitors]

i can only react to pixel users.

i only have one person i text regularly with a pixel phone, and i can react to his texts.

 

[mustang7757]

i can only react to pixel users.

i only have one person i text regularly with a pixel phone, and i can react to his texts.

Yeah only others that use RCS , iPhone users you can show them a reaction but now can see theirs

 

[KPMcClave]

I got the emoji setting on my S22U with the Samsung_openbeta_dynamic version, but it was still sending me the text "this person liked this message"; only instead of saying they liked it, the message had the emoji in it. I switched to the regular beta from apkmirror and it is working properly, putting the emoji on the message and deleting the "this person liked this message". Anyone else have this happen? I would like to go back to the regular version just so I'm not having to check APKmirror regularly.

I also have the organization options, but I don't have the option to switch categories. I do think it has deleted most of my OTP's other than a couple I found, so that is a positive.

I still do not have the links from google photos in settings.

I get the emoji reactions as expected in the Samsung version and have for a while.

I have the categories. I haven't seen an OTP auto-deleted yet, and I received several that should've been.

I also don't have the photos setting yet.

 

[NationalTrust]

I use Verizon Message+ and can both send and receive the emoji reactions from iPhone users.

 

[cyberdman]

Google Messages users, did they ever fix the message swiping Archive problem? On my old Note10+, if you swiped a message it would automatically go to Archive and I hated that. It was too easy to do this and I accidentally made lots of messages go to Archive. They need a setting to be able to enable or disable that. I went back to Samsung Messages on my S22U because of that.

 

[KPMcClave]

Google Messages users, did they ever fix the message swiping Archive problem? On my old Note10+, if you swiped a message it would automatically go to Archive and I hated that. It was too easy to do this and I accidentally made lots of messages go to Archive. They need a setting to be able to enable or disable that. I went back to Samsung Messages on my S22U because of that.

Still swipe to archive.