Subj : All your messages in one place: the new Besties app for Google Pi To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Feb 11 2025 13:30:07 All your messages in one place: the new Besties app for Google Pixel will bring together chats from Google Messages, WhatsApp, and other apps Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:21:22 +0000 Description: Google is adding its new Besties app to Pixel phones, allowing users to centralize messages from their closest friends across various messaging services FULL STORY ======================================================================An upcoming Google Pixel update could bring a new way to organize chats from your favorite contacts The new Besties app supposedly allows you to combine incoming communications from various apps References to WhatsApp have been found in code, and we expect Google Messages will be compatible by default Google is releasing a new app exclusively for Pixel phones that will allow users to bring together messages, calls, and group chats from various messaging services. The new Besties app will allow users to centralize messages from chosen contacts across Google Messages, WhatsApp, and presumably other messaging and calling apps. An APK teardown by Android Authority revealed the Besties app in code from a supposedly upcoming update Besties appears to be maintaining a database within Android, which WhatsApp has been shown to be able to access. In fact, it seems that WhatsApp is only able to access Besties due to a special permission given by Google, which suggests a degree of collaboration between the two. It tracks that other messaging services will be able to access the database too though theres no way to say for certain, Id like to see Discord, Microsoft Teams, and other Meta services like Facebook Messenger and Instagram included in the new Besties app. One app to rule them all The new Besties app could be a new reason to pick up a Google Pixel 9 over an iPhone 16 or Samsung Galaxy S25 (Image credit: Future) If Besties makes it to release, itll mark another step in Googles ongoing work to make communication easier across platforms and services, which also includes its championing of RCS texting between Android and iPhone. In theory, thered be nothing stopping a user from adding all of their contacts to the Besties app and using it as an aggregator for all their mobile communications. This doesnt seem to be the intended use case, though, and I imagine most users will be a touch more selective with who gets to added. Im personally a fan of Googles Pixel-exclusive apps, which add a sense of flair and exclusivity to the best pixel phones . In previous years, Google Pixel devices were considered to run a clean or stock version of Android, which Im sure appealed to minimalist users, but useful, specific apps and features like Besties, Screenshots , and Now Playing give the Google Pixel 9 series and its predecessors a certain appeal against rivals like the iPhone 16 or Samsung Galaxy S25 . Anyway, enough of what I think What do you make of this rumored Google messaging tool? Would you use the Besties app? Let us know in the comments section below. You might also like I tried the Oppo Find N5, the worlds thinnest folding phone and the Galaxy Z Fold 6 doesn't even come close iOS 18.4 could be the biggest iPhone upgrade ever heres why The iPhone SE 4 could land this week, and case photos have already emerged ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/all-your-messages-in-one- place-the-new-besties-app-for-google-pixel-will-bring-together-chats-from-goog le-messages-whatsapp-and-other-apps --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .