When we asked PayPal if the plan was to offer a similar p2p option in other
messaging apps in the future, PayPal COO Bill Ready said there was nothing to share right now.
We expect it to start supporting more popular
messaging apps in the future, such as Telegram.
This feature will expand to other
messaging apps in the future too.
Yet another new feature is an integrated messaging hub that can combine SMS, Skype and any other
messaging apps in the future.
Not exact matches
What I heard: We want to do serious development
in the
messaging arena — and to keep our options open
in the
future, it is being modularized such that it can be sold or implemented without dependence on the core Facebook
app.
Russia appears to be following through on its threat last year to block access to the Telegram encrypted
messaging platform.The BBC reports today that the Roskomnadzor media regulator has begun legal proceedings to block the
app in the country, after Dubai - based Telegram refused to comply with requests that it hand over the encryption keys.Telegram was given a deadline of 4 April to hand over the keys, but the company has refused, explaining that the way the service is built means it has no access to them.Russia's main security agency, the FSB, wants the keys so it can read
messages and prevent
future terror attacks
in the country.
More
messaging apps will gain support for quick replies
in the
future, too.
Microsoft will apparently be adding built -
in messaging apps based on Skype
in future updates to Windows 10, but those aren't available yet.
At launch, Bixby's Voice function will integrate with several Samsung native
apps and features including Camera, Contacts, Gallery,
Messages and Settings, with the plan to expand its capabilities to include more Samsung and third - party
apps in the near
future.
Bixby will initially be integrated with several Samsung native
apps like Camera, Contacts, Gallery,
Messages and Settings before it's expanded to more native
apps and even third - party
apps in the near
future.
This is especially notable as, up until this stage, Signal has maintained a tiny team of two or three developers at a time, so the millions of dollars provided by Acton could have a major effect on the
future of the
app and encrypted
messaging in general.
It emerged this week that Acton personally put $ 50m of his own funds into the newly established Signal Foundation, which will build and maintain the encrypted
messaging app and possibly other
apps in the
future, too.
Again I'd like to see integration with other
messaging apps here, and hopefully Samsung will be able to provide this
in a
future software update.
In addition to using the speaker to make calls through a connected smartphone, users will be able to interact with video
messaging apps, and whatever
future speaker - aware software devs manage to cook up.
The much anticipated token sale for social
messaging giant Kik, which is today offering buyers the chance to purchase tokens that will power
future apps on its platform, launched at 9 a.m. EST, drawing upwards of $ 70 million
in its first few hours.
For a year and a half now, Google's semi-official strategy for
messaging apps has been a three - legged stool: Allo for consumer chat, Hangouts for corporate chat, and good ol' SMS for texting (with RCS
in the
future).
In November 2016, Sprint rolled out RCS support for Android via Android Messages, becoming the first carrier to install it as a default app on future handsets sold in its retail operation
In November 2016, Sprint rolled out RCS support for Android via Android
Messages, becoming the first carrier to install it as a default
app on
future handsets sold
in its retail operation
in its retail operations.
Signal has announced that WhatsApp c0founder Brian Acton is providing $ 50M
in funding for
future development of the secure
messaging app...
The Smart Reply feature seen
in the likes of Google's Allo and Gmail mobile
apps is going to be coming to Android
Messages in the near
future, at least for Project Fi subscribers.