instant messaging clients
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You Can Make Instagram DMs Better
For years, DM-ing on Instagram was an experience you lived through, not something you enjoyed. The social media app was so focused on photo sharing, it neglected to focus on things like standard messaging features like custom notification settings. But since boldly declaring it’s no longer a photo-sharing app, Instagram has slowly been turning things…
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How to Fix Slow Messaging on Your Pixel
Messaging is supposed to be instant: You send a message, and the recipient reads it in seconds. They send you a reply, you know what’s up moments later. But if your messages send and receive as if by horseback, things start to get frustrating. That’s what’s plaguing some Pixel users lately, as MMS messages with…
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How to Use SMS Automatically When RCS or iMessage Don’t Work
iMessage revolutionised texting for iPhone users. It replaced SMS with a new, better, faster protocol. Now, Android is trying to do the same with RCS. And while it’s getting there, it does have one issue: It doesn’t automatically fall back to SMS if a message doesn’t go through — instead, you’re asked to manually send…
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Finally, Android Users Can Turn iMessage Reactions Into Emoji
While there are some who will fight tooth and nail to say whether iOS or Android is the superior smartphone platform, most of us can get along just fine with one another, green bubbles be damned. What isn’t fun is when iMessage reactions from iPhones (called Tapbacks) come into Android as a full text. What…