Google continues to improve the experience with the default Android messaging app, Google Messages. Following a failed #GetTheMessage campaign highlighting Apple’s lack of RCS support and a new app icon update, Google Messages is now testing the ability to react to a message with any emoji. Previously, reactions were limited to just seven emojis. This news comes from 9to5Google after previously confirming the feature by enabling it in a previous version.
Now, when you tap and hold an incoming message on the Google Messages app, you can react with any emoji you want. A new icon in the emoji picker shows the option to add a new emoji that isn’t listed.
Source: 9to5Google
You can tap the emoji in the corner of the reacted message and get a closer view of this emoji next to the recipient’s name who reacted with it. If you view reactions from a group message, all the names and emojis they reacted with will appear in a pop-up message.
Currently, the feature is only available from the latest beta version of Google Messages. We can confirm that the change is reflected in our Google Pixel 7 Pro, so the update could be rolled out in stages.
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