Google Voice removes Smart Reply on Android and iOS

After introducing the characteristic final February, Google Voice for Android and iOS have eliminated Smart Reply strategies that appeared on the backside of messages.

This simple characteristic appeared on the final obtained message and steered as much as three contextual replies. These capsules would seem above the “Type a message” area with the Smart Reply instantly sending on faucet. 

Release notes for Google Voice on the Play Store and App Store verify the elimination: “Smart reply is no longer supported.” There’s no different rationalization, and this seems to be a server-side change, as I not see Smart Replies earlier than (model 2022.12.26) the most recent Google Voice replace (2023.01.09). 

You nonetheless get Smart Reply strategies as a part of notifications, however that’s an Android functionality. It’s potential that Google sees them as a system-level characteristic quite than one thing to be applied on an app-by-app foundation. Smart Replies stay accessible in Google Messages, Gmail, and even Google Docs feedback.

It’s a curious elimination and could possibly be as a consequence of Google seeing Voice as an enterprise calling service first that’s geared in the direction of companies and retail/shops. Texting won’t be a precedence as seen with the continued lack of RCS assist.

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• Google Voice name display getting ‘Suspected spam caller’ warning
• Twitter not helps Google Voice numbers for 2FA
• Google Voice now routinely switches between Wi-Fi and mobile
• Google Messages rolls out group chat end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in beta

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