Besides this, users will also be able to directly make calls using the PC and web browser to their contacts, although the calls are routed through the phone. However, they will have to turn on the internet connectivity on their phones to use this feature. The only silver lining the app has over your regular message box is that now you can access your messages on your PC, which means that you don't have to hop on to your smartphone every time you receive a message.Īs far as the rest of the app is concerned, users can not only send text messages using the app but they can also share voice recording, gifs, images, location and stickers. It essentially puts your regular message box into a WhatsApp-like application. As expected, this clutter is reflected in the app's web-based interface as well, which accounts for a not-so-pleasant experience overall.Īndroid Messages, on the other hand, contradicts this utilitarian logic as it jam-packs everything in the same space. This makes the app a mismash of important messages and the ones that you never read. While some might find this analogy too aggressive, the fact is that Android Messages, much like your regular message box, displays all the messages you receive, including the promotional messages, spams and messages from your friends, in the app. But may be that functionality is hoping for too much, at least for now.Īs far as the rest of the app is concerned, it's pretty chaotic as it basically takes over your default message box like a virus infecting your body. And so, providing support for smart replies on its web-based platform would have been a nice addition to its service and it would have given the company an edge over its competitors. Android Messages, on the other hand, got this update last week as a part of Google's plan to make its products and services smarter.
WhatsApp, so far, hasn't introduced predictive typing feature on its platform. Additionally, Android Messages' smart reply feature, which uses the power of artificial intelligence to predict potential replies to the messages received in the app like the new Gmail, is unavailable on its web-based platform - which in turn is a big turn off.
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