U.S. "Chat" Rollout Imminent?

I just had the weirdest thing happen. I check for rcs chat features constantly.

I was messaging someone on messages.android.com when I noticed in the settings menu that there were options to turn on chat features. I wondered "maybe its a bug and unlike my handset, the website doesn't know if the features are available yet to me or not".

So i went to my messages settings and there they were. I turned them on, gave permissions, and it said it was setting up and would tell me when its finished....

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As an iPhone user, I’ve loved following the development of the Wear OS hardware and software. However, I’ve just about given up on Wear OS and future “Google watch” projects.

To start things off, I’m sure I’ll be downvoted and disagreed with. I’m well prepared for that.

Anyways, I’ve been following the Wear OS side of things for a while, and was actually pretty fascinated by its early concepts even before it was called Wear OS. However, as of today, I’ve given up on it. The hardware is not excelling, the software is sluggish at best, and I just don’t see any of the hardware manufacturers or even Google catching up to the feature set, capabilities, and functionality...

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Google is bringing Assistant to people without internet access
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/18/google-assistant-no-internet-india/

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What should I buy Thursday (Sep 19 2019) - Your weekly device inquiry thread!

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Android 10 no longer uses Chrome app to render in-app web content
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/19/android-10-no-longer-uses-chrome-app-to-render-pages-inside-apps/

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Android 10 custom ROMs are here for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro, Mi A1, and Google Nexus 5X
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-10-custom-roms-xiaomi-redmi-note-7-pro-mi-a1-google-nexus-5x/

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Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro unveiled, have three 40MP cameras between them
https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_30_and_mate_30_pro_unveiled_have_three_40mp_cameras_between_them-news-39256.php

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Huawei Mate30 Global Launch Event, live from Munich
https://youtu.be/BMd7ZX-eXY4

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[JerryRigEverything] Samsung makes a Flippy Camera? - A80 Durability Test!
https://youtu.be/LnGvoGQYqfE

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What can Google do to compete with the Apple Watch? Not much
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/19/20872874/google-apple-watch-wear-os-competition-fossil-smartwatch

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Caring for your Galaxy Fold
https://youtu.be/VVUg4jjvX1A

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Huawei Mate 30 Pro 7680fps mode in action

[7680fps video](https://v.redd.it/01y31yzihkn31/DASHPlaylist.mpd)

[Alternate source](https://i.imgur.com/9g6KJ7P.mp4) courtesy /u/S_Steiner_Accounting


[via Weibo](https://weibointl.api.weibo.cn/share/93003950.html?weibo_id=4418362240754050)...

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Google Pay gets new interface, job search, Spot storefronts, more in India
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pay-interface-tokenized-card-job-search-in-india/

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Galaxy S8 Won't Get Android 10 Update Despite Being 2017 Flagship (Report)
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/samsung-galaxy-phones-android-10-list

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Get more done with a little help from Google Chrome
https://blog.google/products/chrome/get-more-done-with-google-chrome/

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Everyone's been so caught up talking about gesture navigation / Android 10 as of late, but have we forgotten that the recent apps screen itself is fundamentally flawed?

I'm surprised at how quickly this controversy came and went so soon after Android 9 released.

In my opinion, it won't matter how smooth or fluid Google makes gesture navigation until they fix the recent apps view. Showing a single app at a time means I either have to:

a) remember which apps are still in memory, to prevent myself from "searching" for a recent app

b) play Russian roulette with the recents view, hoping I didn't just waste the past few seconds looking for an app that isn't even ...

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Alex Barredo on Twitter - Google Play refuses to open in a Mate 30, fresh from APKmirror
https://twitter.com/somospostpc/status/1174687362993086465

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[Video] Here is the Google Android powered Feature phone by Nokia
https://staging.busy.org/@rider95/here-is-the-google-android-powered-feature-phone-by-nokia

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Huawei Mate 30 Pro ditches Google Apps, keeps Android. Why it matters
https://www.cnet.com/news/huawei-mate-30-pro-ditches-google-apps-keeps-android-why-it-matters/

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Huawei Launches Mate 30 & Mate 30 Pro 4G and 5G Variants: First Step Away From Google
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14887/huawei-launches-mate-30-mate-30-pro

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@topjohnwu: Android is freaking nuts. It is BIZARRE to me that Android allows any app to get a list of installed apps. Not only that, you can ANALYZE the content of ANY installed APK. Who the f**k think this is good idea. This basically makes hiding Magisk Manager a mission impossible.
https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1174761639461015552?s=19

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