#GoogleMessages

There seems to be a new "Photobooth" feature as well. If you look at the attached image in the reply box, you see a pencil with the star ✨ icon. Usually we have the normal edit image feature. But this seems different, so I am guessing Google is bringing some Magic Editor kinda stuff here.

I am not sure what it does exactly, but for now it just crashes the message app because the pencil icon triggers this activity - com.google.chat.smartmessaging.penpal.PHOTOBOOTH but it's missing from the message app for now.

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#GoogleChrome

Google Chrome working on a "Android Hub" feature

According to the chrome flag #android-hub , it replaces the Tab Switcher with a UI surface containing more types of data.

There are a few options inside the flag and one of them enables a "New Tab" button on the tab switcher on the bottom right. Other options doesn't seem to work as intended because it's still WIP.

The flag was added more than a month ago but started working with the recent chrome canary updates.

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#GPSU

January 2024 Google Play System Update Changelog

Google Play services v24.02 (2024-01-17)

✨ Account Management
• [Auto] With this new feature, you can see animations on the auto sign-in screens.

✨ Developer Services
• [Phone] New developer features for Google and third party app developers to support Machine Learning & AI related processes in their apps.

✨ Device Connectivity
• [Phone] With updates to branding, you’ll find that Nearby Share is now called Quick Share, with some visual improvements to the sender flow.
• [Wear] You can now switch audio between your phone, tablet, and watch seamlessly.

✨ Utilities
• [Phone] With updates to Autofill, your credit cards are ranked for better Autofill suggestions.

✨ Wallet
• [Phone] With updates to Wallet, you can digitize your corporate ID.
• [Phone] With this new feature, you can now archive and unarchive passes between the Wallet home screen and the Archived Passes screen.

✨ System Management
• [Phone] With updates to the “Google Services” page of the setup wizard, you can turn on the new Phone Number Verification setting to give consent to verify your phone number.

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#GoogleMessages

Google Messages will properly support images with text in RCS chats

Currently the text and images both are sent separately. The new change will send both images and text (as caption), text will appear at the bottom of images.

This is hidden behind a flag and need to be enabled for everyone, otherwise the other user will see only the images without text.

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#Gmail

✨ Gmail on Android can help you draft emails with voice

It will only help in writing the "help me write" prompts.

Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/01/Gmail-Draft-Email-Voice.html?m=1

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#gboard

Gboard Seamless voice typing

As clear from the description of the feature, it starts voice typing automatically when the keyboard is displayed.

Flag for rboard or GMS flags app users -
config_global_direct_to_dictation

Set as true.

Version - 13.8.03.597073932-beta-arm64-v8a (135115098)

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#gboard


Force fullscreen mode for text editing

🥸 Maybe someone find it useful. It will basically force full screen text editing on any text field as you can see in screenshot.

Good for typing long texts, so you can see what you have typed already.

Flag - config_force_full_screen_mode

Set as true through rboard or GMS flags app.

Version - 13.8.03.597073932-beta-arm64-v8a (135115098)

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#Gmail #GoogleChat

Google Chat to gain voice messages support and here is the first look at it

To the 13% who voted above as Yes. 😁

Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/01/Google-chat-voice-messages.html?m=1

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Google Bard Advance, string from Google app -

<string="assistant_chat_advanced_mode_read_only_disclaimer">This conversation was created with Bard Advanced. Subscribe to Bard Advanced on the web to continue this conversation.</string>

So Google Bard Advance will be available in the Google App as well but you're gonna need a subscription for it.
Some other strings indicate that the advanced mode can be turned on/off. As well as some advanced feature won't be available on mobile.

🤡🤡🤡

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#Gmail #Flags

Enable the "Draft emails with voice" feature in Gmail app [ROOT]

📦 Package - gmail_android.user#com.google.android.gm

🏳️ Flag - 45446496

ℹ️ Version - 2024.01.14.599541078.Release (apkmirror)

Note : Use GMS Flags app to manually add the flag. If you don't have the "Help me write" feature in Gmail, you need to opt into Workspace Labs first. (Use a VPN with US location). The flag won't work if you are not opted in Workspace Labs.

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#Gboard

Nice animation on the proofread button when it detects that something needs to be corrected in the text you entered.

Flags if you are rooted -
• writing_helper_enable_access_point_animation
• writing_helper_enable_free_chat
• writing_helper

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#GoogleMessages

Google Messages users can now change RCS chat colors for other users

Just like Telegram & Facebook Messenger

Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/01/Google-messages-chat-colors-sync-rcs-chats.html?m=1

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