"Texting should bring us together, and the solution exists.
"iMessage should not benefit from bullying," the official Android Twitter account wrote. The social pressure is palpable, with some reporting being ostracized or singled out after switching away from iPhones." Google feels this is a problem. According to the article, "Teens and college students said they dread the ostracism that comes with a green text. iMessage brands texts from iPhone users with a blue background and gives them additional features, while texts from Android phones are shown in green and only have the base SMS feature set. The company was responding to a Wall Street Journal report detailing the lock-in and social pressure Apple's walled garden is creating among US teens. You can either select Add contact to add that person to your list of contacts, or select Report spam to mark it as a spam sender.Google took to Twitter this weekend to complain that iMessage is just too darn influential with today's kids. Whenever you receive a new message from someone you’ve never received a message from before, Google Messages will ask you what you want to do with that new contact. Searching and Sending Messages on Google Messages It also lets you set up how you want to get notified, enable spam protection, and whether you want to be notified when a file is being downloaded via the app. Selecting App notifications from the settings menu lets you configure whether you want to see notifications on your phone or on the web when you receive incoming messages.
After tapping QR code scanner, just scan the QR code on the screen using your camera.
If it’s the first time you’ve used the site and haven’t synced your phone yet, you’ll see a QR code. When you select Messages for web in the menu, it’ll open a new window where you can tap QR code scanner to scan a QR code provided by the Google Messages for web page. If you haven’t heard of the web based version of Google Messages, it’s a very useful feature if you don’t always have your phone with you when you’re working on your various computers and other devices. View messages you’ve marked as spam or blocked.Mark all unread messages as read (useful to unbold short messages you can read in the log window).