What Google Messages Needs

Since Allo is no more, unfortunately I was pushed to another platform. Google's decision to discontinue Allo was supposedly because they moved the engineers from Allo over to Messages. This is all well and good, but Messages has virtually **NONE** of the features from Allo. The only thing they've apparently done is gently revamp the UI so it sports Material Design 2, instead of Material Design 1. Granted, MD2 is a welcome change, as is Dark Mode and the Messages on the Web feature.

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Sony Sketch will shut down its online services on September 30th.
https://sketch.sonymobile.com/eol

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Interview: Realme's Madhav Sheth talks 5G, Europe expansion and foldable phones
https://www.gsmarena.com/interview_with_realme_ceo_madhav_sheth-news-36761.php

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OnePlus 7 pro packaging leak
https://9to5google.com/2019/04/30/official-oneplus-7-packaging-leaks-new-bullets-wireless-warp-car-charger/amp/

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Galaxy S10 5G: Up in flames: Samsung denies Galaxy S10 5G phone burnt from malfunctioning
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/up-in-flames-samsung-denies-galaxy-s10-5g-phone-burnt-from-malfunctioning/articleshow/69111161.cms

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Petition for OnePlus to remove the file manager clean up, made by Tencent
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/petition-against-file-manager-cleanup.1026179/

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Google I/O 2019 schedule hints at ‘next-generation UI framework’ for Android
https://9to5google.com/2019/05/01/android-ui-framework/

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Android Q's automatic light and dark mode switch is properly working now
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/05/01/android-qs-automatic-light-and-dark-mode-switch-is-properly-working-now/

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Huawei’s phone sales are ballooning while Apple and Samsung’s slump
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/5/1/18525034/huawei-apple-samsung-smartphone-market-share-idc-2019

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Gboard updated with new white design and icons

Screenshots

[Settings home](https://i.imgur.com/ebgbYbR.png)


[Gone the grey background](https://i.imgur.com/mfupku4.png)


[Some more screenshots](https://i.imgur.com/ciumh6r.png)


[Also the shortcut icons are no longer hidden behind the Google G](https://i.imgur.com/UM2jE36.png)

I'm on 8.2.6 beta btw

Sorry about the multiple links....

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Introducing auto-delete controls for your Location History and activity data
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/automatically-delete-data/

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Swipe for more: Tiles on Wear OS by Google
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/MelxxT-QZio/

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Magisk v19.1 stable release, now out!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

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The first Pixel stood out in a crowd of buggy and unpolished Android phones. It doesn't stand out so much anymore. Which is sad.
https://twitter.com/hallstephenj/status/1123640432662077442

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Here is the Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL and All of Their Colors and Features
https://www.droid-life.com/2019/05/01/pixel-3a-xl-all-specs-features/

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HTC's Twitter Support account is dead, they haven't been active in a month.
https://twitter.com/HTCUSA?s=09

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Here's how you can crash your Google Pixel

[I discovered this bug a good while ago](https://streamable.com/b89wy). Reported to Google and nothing was done about it. It's not a very critical bug, but it does affect all Google Pixels on Pie (not sure about Q).

Try it out on your phone and let us all know the results please. Maybe Google will notice?

Edit: Corrected a typo, meant to say it's NOT a critical bug. But still... Would be nice if it was fixed....

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Google now lets you auto-delete your app activity, location and web history – TechCrunch
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GMessage: How to Fix Google's Messaging Madness
https://uxdesign.cc/gmessage-how-to-fix-googles-messaging-madness-a-ux-exploration-97e9d9ce939f

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Galaxy Tab S5e has a rather frustrating design flaw
https://www.sammobile.com/2019/05/01/galaxy-tab-s5e-wi-fi-issue

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Greener grass

I'm using an XR now and it's a joyless iMessage machine. I've come to hate faceid, the notch is still annoying (why would anyone copy that?!), it's heavy and slippery and after using a friend's Note 9 on the same network, his was so much faster I thought my phone was broken.

I've also had 2 Notes, an s7, and HTC One. But security issues, update issues, lag issues, nonexistent customer support and the goog's history of killing things seemingly because they found out I relied on them (not an and...

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