Since Apple launched over 10 years ago your messaging app iMessage, Google has always tried have a similar app for android. Over time, the tech giant gave up and its mission was to merge the apple system with that of Android through a type of technology, RCS. would allow ‘cross-platform’ messages.

Faced with Apple’s rejection, Google has no choice Keep updating your Messages app New update of the app for your Xiaomi mobile and apparently to continue to compete with Cupertino try to get a little closer.

Your contacts’ profile photo arrives in the Google Messages app

Unable to cope with Apple’s decision, Google is scrambling to make the Messages app Select option in Androidand for that small change in design This comes with an update for your Xiaomi mobile.

So far, our contacts in the Google Messages app are without a profile picture, i.e. default gray avatar. From now on, contacts that you have saved on your Xiaomi mobile and have an associated photo They will also appear in the app with their photos.

That way, when we talk to anyone, your picture will be at the top of the screenimproved the overall look of the interface and added something that almost all messaging apps (instant or not) have.

In any case, to use Google Messages as iPhone users do with iMessage, there is a lot of work ahead. In case you join a group where all users are iPhone users with your Xiaomi mobile phone, all functionality will be lost this users have and this is the big problem.

Google’s updates are good news, of course, but to get into a full cycle, the Big Apple has to give up and That will be when the Google Messages app shines with its own lightit combines both worlds and enjoys all its functions no matter what mobile phone you have.

Source and image | Phone Arena

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