#messaging-smartphone

#messaging-smartphone

Google has added a Trash option to its messaging app, allowing deleted SMS messages to be stored for 30 days before they are permanently deleted. This feature helps users recover important texts that may have been accidentally deleted.

Avec utilizes a unique card-based interface that allows users to swipe left to defer emails and right to archive them, streamlining the email management process.

If you use WhatsApp for your personal and professional messaging, it can quickly become pretty busy. It also means that any professional contacts can see your photos, status updates, and where you are. To keep things separate its a good idea to use a different phone number for each, but having two numbers doesn't mean you'll need two phones.

A2UI (Agent to UI) is a UI protocol from Google that lets AI agents generate user interfaces on demand. It introduces declarative mini-apps where UI components and actions are defined in a schema, and the agent can operate them automatically. Think Telegram-style mini-apps: small, self-contained interfaces that work without custom integration code. Instead of a long question-and-answer loop, agents can now send interactive, native interfaces directly to the client.

According to a screenshot shared by mobile developer Alessandro Paluzzi, who reverse engineers Instagram to reveal prototypes, the app is being called "Instants." "Share disappearing photos with friends," Paluzzi's rendering says. The Meta spokesperson said the stand-alone Instants app is not testing externally. Instagram has also been testing a feature called Instants, which was previously called "Shots," with some users of its main app. It has been a limited test available to "some countries globally," the Meta spokesperson said.

Thanks to the way Google's for years now been deconstructing Android and pulling OS-level pieces out of the operating system itself - so they exist as regular ol' apps and can consequently be updated quickly, frequently, and in a way that reaches everyone instantly, regardless of what phone or carrier they're using - even Android phones from eight years ago get updates numerous times a year that are all virtually equivalent to an entire iOS operating system rollout.

WhatsApp is now rumored to be soon introducing a premium tier. This will be called WhatsApp Plus. It's said to offer several additional customization options to change the app theme, app icon, and accent colors, including 14 new icons and multiple color choices and interface elements.

For the past few months, we've been quietly building a standalone X Chat app for iOS. Use it. Break it. We want your feedback. The company will expand the beta beyond the initial 1,000 users soon, though no specific timeline was provided for broader availability.

Telegram has announced that it's rolling out a fully redesigned interface for its Android app, making navigation and search quicker and more intuitive. The most notable change this redesign brings is the new bottom bar, which lets you quickly switch between the Chats, Settings, Profile, and other tabs. In addition to the UI redesign, Telegram "completely rebuilt" the interface code to maximize efficiency and increase responsiveness. You can head to the Settings > Power Saving menu to maximize performance and extend battery life.

iPhone users claim they're immediately turned off when they realise a potential partner uses an Android, in a concept dubbed the 'green bubble ick'. 'The thought of green texts makes me feel sick,' one user said on TikTok. Another added: 'The green text bubble gives the ICK hardddd!' And one joked: 'Texts back in green...suddenly I can't read.' The nickname is linked to the fact that iPhone users receive green text messages from Android users, rather than Apple's blue iMessage bubbles.