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If you’re a Google Messages person, you seemingly love that you would be able to react to particular RCS messages utilizing an Emoji. It’s so much simpler and easier to append 😍 to somebody’s message than it’s to write out an precise response.

The downside, although, is that Google Messages reactions are presently restricted to simply seven choices: 👍,😍,😂,😲,😢,😠, and👎. While these are all good choices, they don’t apply to all conditions. What in order for you to reply with an Emoji that signifies “I don’t know”? Or possibly one which signifies “that makes me hungry”? There’s nothing in these seven choices that will work.

Thankfully, it seems to be like Google is preparing to rectify this. As noticed by 9to5Google, sure beta customers of the Messages app are seeing a brand new set of choices on the flyout bar that seems whenever you long-press an RCS message. The new menu swaps out the 👎 and replaces it with a brand new icon that brings up the total Emoji picker. This would enable you to react to a message with any of the tons of of accessible Emojis — not simply seven.

Google Messages reactions: When will they land?

9to5Google really noticed this in September in one among its APK teardowns. However, that is the primary time we’ve seen this examined on the beta channel. Considering the huge attraction of this characteristic and the pace at which it’s getting examined, there’s a excessive chance it could make it to the secure model of the app.

We would count on this to turn out to be a normal a part of Messages in the approaching weeks. However, we’ll want to anticipate Google to formally announce these Google Messages reactions earlier than we will say something for sure.