Google Messages on Android could soon get a big photo-sharing boost

• A caller photo-sharing action has been spotted successful Google Messages
• It would alteration higher-resolution image sharing complete RCS
• For now nan applicable codification is hidden wrong nan beta type of nan app

Google is continuing to push Google Messages arsenic nan all-purpose messaging app for Android – and it could soon present a caller characteristic that improves nan photo-sharing acquisition for users, thing that's a cardinal portion of immoderate chat app.

As spotted by nan squad astatine Android Authority, hidden codification successful nan latest beta type of Google Messages for Android tin beryllium enabled to activate a photograph value picker: you tin take from "original quality" (HD+) aliases "reduced quality" (HD).

While a batch of nan clip you're going to want to stock photos successful nan champion value possible, nan use of going pinch nan reduced value action is simply a smaller record size – truthful nan connection gets sent and received much quickly, and uses up little data.

This will besides require nan much precocious RCS characteristic to beryllium enabled, alternatively than plain aged SMS. As it stands, photos sent complete RCS successful Google Messages are astatine a importantly amended solution than SMS, but still compressed from their original size.

Coming soon

As ever pinch codification for illustration this, there's nary guarantee that Google will determine to support nan characteristic and push it retired decently into nan app. However, it makes consciousness for an action for illustration this to beryllium included, to lucifer up pinch akin options successful apps for illustration WhatsApp.

It's not clear from this sneak preview whether "original quality" will genuinely nonstop nan photograph astatine its original size, aliases astatine a solution location betwixt nan default presently utilized successful nan app, and nan existent dimensions of nan picture.

This is nan latest find from Android Authority contributor @AssembleDebug, who has besides spotted a number of different mini changes perchance coming to Google Messages – including tweaks to nan position and quality of publication receipt indicators.

It besides looks arsenic though Google Messages will soon fto you spot timestamps for individual messages, and show aggregate warnings for 'sensitive content' wrong messages. Look retired for charismatic announcements from Google successful owed course.

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