With the web client of Android Messages, SMS can also be received and sent in the web browser. Google extends its SMS app Android Messages to a web service. It allows app users to connect their smartphone to a browser and send and receive text messages over the Internet. To set up the Android Messages homepage is called, on which a QR code can be seen. This QR code must be scanned in via the Messages app itself. The corresponding menu item does not appear in the Android phones in the editorial office. According to Google, it should be found under “More options” and “Messages Web.” Since the website of Android Messages is already available, it should not be too long before the app can be connected. Using fake handynummer is important sometimes also.
SMS and RCS
With the web interface of Android Messages, not only SMS can be written on the keyboard and read on the big screen. In addition to pure text messages, Android Messages should also be able to send RCS messages. This Google-preferred SMS alternative allows messages like in popular messenger apps with pictures, videos, and other content. The support of RCS messages by German network providers, however, is not yet uniform. Android Messages is available as a free app in the Play Store.
In a blog, post-Google describes further upcoming improvements to the Messages application, which will be expanded into Google’s preferred chat program. For example, users can search for and send animated gifs. A
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