File and ship, proper out of your wrist
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- Google’s Messages app for Put on OS now permits customers to report and ship voice messages straight from their smartwatches, while not having to the touch their cellphone. The power is rolling out step by step within the coming weeks.
- Nonetheless, the Messages app on Put on OS solely permits playback of voice messages on the linked cellphone.
- The addition of voice message recording on Put on OS is a useful function for customers who desire a hands-free and handy solution to talk, though the power to transcribe voice messages on the smartwatch could be an much more helpful addition.
Selecting up among the best smartwatches available on the market is simply step one in residing a linked life. It’s your ally for those who want fixed entry to vital apps and options of your cellphone with out distractions throughout productive hours. Whereas most messaging apps have voice messaging assist for hands-free comfort, extending this to the Put on OS app solely boosts ease of use. Google’s Messages app is the most recent to allow voice message recording on Put on OS.
In a assist doc about all the pieces new on Put on OS, Google defined that the Messages app now permits recording and sending voice messages straight out of your smartwatch, with out ever touching your cellphone (by way of 9to5Google). Though the corporate didn’t showcase the UI for this function, we suppose Google will add a devoted button for recording messages alongside these for emoji and the on-screen keyboard.
That mentioned, the Messages app on Put on OS presently permits taking part in again voice messages in your cellphone solely. That’s unlikely to alter with recording assist added, so you should still want the cellphone to verify recordings you ship, and those you obtain. 9to5Google notes it could be useful if a transcription of the voice message is out there in your wrist, even when playback assist isn’t added.
Google guarantees this modification to the Messages app is beginning to roll out, and will probably be extensively obtainable within the subsequent few weeks. It comes sizzling on the heels of the brand new WhatsApp consumer for Put on OS, which additionally boasts voice messaging assist. Apart from this, you will get much more finished out of your wrist with simply your voice with Google Assistant on Put on OS, which might additionally choose up a number of new fast actions later this 12 months.
