{"id":203667,"date":"2022-09-20T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=203667"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:26:36","slug":"leaked-google-messages-feature-could-be-whatsapp-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/leaked-google-messages-feature-could-be-whatsapp-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"This leaked Google Messages feature could be a WhatsApp killer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WhatsApp is the dominant messaging app on the market, but we have seen in recent weeks how it isn\u2019t afraid to borrow features from other less popular apps. Examples of this include the various group messaging updates we\u2019ve seen in recent weeks such as boosting the number of participants to offer group sizes comparable to those offered by Telegram<\/a>. A messaging app that is constantly overlooked, however, is Google Messages, but this leaked upcoming feature will certainly grab the attention of those at WhatsApp HQ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Voice notes are an excellent form of communication <\/strong>that have grew in popularity in recent years. They allow users short on time to send long and informative messages while on the go and without having to think about typing. Their one shortfall, however, is that they are not searchable like text messages<\/strong>, you can\u2019t type in a word or phrase you remember from a message and then jump straight to it. This new Google Messages update, however, looks set to fix that single weak point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google is working on a voice note transcription feature update for Messages.<\/strong> Thanks to a report<\/a> from 9to5Google, we know that there are currently two iterations of the feature. One automatically transcribes incoming voice notes<\/strong> meaning you will receive both the audio file and a text message, which has been transcribed from it. The other iteration includes a transcribe button<\/strong>, which you can tap whenever you want to read the text of a voice note or save it for posterity and to make it easier to search for later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impressively, according to 9to5Google\u2019s testing of the leaked footage, the transcriptions are mostly accurate and can even correctly place punctuation <\/strong>depending on the tone of the speaker as well as any pauses in speech. The report, however, states that the function isn\u2019t as fast as using the voice typing feature on Google Assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is great to see innovation happening in some of the less popular messaging apps on the market. As Google Messages is the stock messaging app that rolls out with Android device there is a good chance this improved feature will help to build a more dedicated user base for the often-forgotten app. Another probability, however, is that it won\u2019t be long before we are also reporting on WhatsApp<\/a> testing out a similar feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other recent news, did you know that WhatsApp is working on a new Communities feature<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images via: 9to5Google<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp is the dominant messaging app on the market, but we have seen in recent weeks how it isn\u2019t afraid to borrow features from other less popular apps. Examples of this include the various group messaging updates we\u2019ve seen in recent weeks such as boosting the number of participants to offer group sizes comparable to … Continue reading “This leaked Google Messages feature could be a WhatsApp killer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":203682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3278],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-203667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmessenger"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323173,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203667\/revisions\/323173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203667"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=203667"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=203667"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=203667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}