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Google Messages bug sends old texts to wrong people; fix rolling out

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A bug within Google Messages has been identified that causes the application to randomly send previously sent text messages to unintended recipients. While the issue is still being addressed, Google is gradually implementing a fix to resolve the problem. AI

IMPACT Minimal impact on AI operations; this is a bug fix for a messaging application.

RANK_REASON This is a bug fix for a consumer software product, not a new release or significant industry event.

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Google Messages bug sends old texts to wrong people; fix rolling out

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This is a bug fix for a consumer software product, not a new release or significant industry event.
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Google Messages slowly rolling out fix for bug that randomly sends old texts to other people A bug in Google Messages is causing the app to randomly send old te

    Google Messages slowly rolling out fix for bug that randomly sends old texts to other people A bug in Google Messages is causing the app to randomly send old text messages to other random people and, while it’s still happening, a fix is slowly on the way. more… https:// 9to5googl…

    LINKS 9to5google.com/…/google-messages-old-text…

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