Google Messages is preparing a new feature that should please many Android smartphone users. It aims to combat the burst of notifications coming from certain discussions. Particularly group conversations, which can sometimes become very lively.
Most of the time, receiving notifications from Google Messages is quite useful. But there are also those times when overly animated conversations result in a smartphone that keeps vibrating every second. These bursts of notifications are obviously less useful most of the time.
This doesn't prevent these bursts from triggering an almost Pavlovian reflex with each alert: you check the device's screen "just in case." This doesn't fail to interrupt other tasks, often more important than what's being discussed in this dialogue you're watching—without always meaning to.
We can't wait for this new feature to arrive in Google Messages
If you're fed up, you're not alone. And Google understands this. In the latest beta of Google Messages, a new "snooze" button has just appeared. Enough to allow you to mute a conversation, for 1 hour, 8 hours, or 24 hours. In addition to the button, a long press on any conversation also allows you to use this new feature.
Once the snooze function is active, it is possible to easily rewind, with a press of a button that appears on the conversation. You will then have to read yourself what you missed – if it is worth it. If someone has something particularly important to say that requires your attention, Google Messages is also preparing the arrival of mentions.
Enables you to call out to anyone in the conversation simply by typing @ followed by their name. These new features, spotted by Android Police, are currently only active for some testers of the Google Messages beta version messages.android_20250602_05_RC00. It seems that the activation of this new feature depends on the company's servers.
In addition, a new photo and video browser is also being tested, including a new thumbnail preview of the camera for faster image capture. As well as an option to share content in "HD+" quality, closer to the original.
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