That’s the type of overall polish Google needs to start exhibiting on Chrome OS. Users get a robust experience on all its Apple-branded devices. It acts and functions similarly across OSX, iPhones, and iPads. One of the reasons iMessage works so well for Apple is it gets treated like a first class application no matter the form factor or OS. If Google wants to compete with the likes of iMessage, then the shift to RCS isn’t enough. Android Messages is behind the curves of similar apps like Pulse and Pushbullet with available to respond to your loved ones on tablets. I know tablets are something of a dying breed, but many of us still use them on a regular basis as readers and bed stand devices. They also have the quick reply input options to respond to your messages directly from the notification.įinally, in theory, as an Android app Messages could be used on tablets as well. They aesthetically fit the new look of the combined Settings and Shade. This would allow for notifications to be listening behind the scenes much like on traditional phones.Īnd speaking of notifications, Android style pop-ups are just better than Chrome’s. First, you would have better performance of an app that was naturally designed to run in the background. Where Android Would ShineĪndroid would add to the experience in a couple of different ways. At the same time, Messages should also bring all the mature back-end functions of Android. With this in mind, Google should make the Android Messages app a proof-of-concept for what that future on bigger screens looks like. See, Google has bet on Android, and the Google Play Store, as the endgame for apps on Chrome OS. The web app needs to live on, but Android Messages should live up to its name as an Android application. Honestly, in my solution, it would continue to exist as a fallback for my beloved Linux and non-Chrome OS systems. It functions well and offers a decent solution across platforms. I get that the Android Messages for web movement is a good workaround.

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