Google Messages Testing Pin Conversations, Star Messages Features: Report

Google Messages is reported to be get two new updates someday sooner or later. These options are nonetheless underneath growth and have been noticed within the code of the newest replace by way of Google Play retailer. The two new options embody the power to star particular messages and pinning conversations on prime of the chat listing. In November, Google rolled out end-to-end encryption for Android customers of Google Messages, making it tougher for anybody to learn the content material of the messages.

XDA Developers did an APK teardown of the newest Google Messages replace rolling out for Android customers. This new Google Messages replace comes with model quantity 8.1.050 and it has began to roll out by way of Google Play. Strings for each these new options have been discovered within the teardown, hinting that they could launch sooner or later. Of course, any strings within the lockdown are solely indicative that the corporate is creating the function and provide no certainty on whether or not they could be launched or not. Google could determine to scrap these options through the creating course of and by no means launch it commercially.

Having stated that, Google is reportedly creating a brand new ‘pin dialog’ function for Google Messages. XDA found that customers will have the ability to pin as much as three conversations to the highest of the chat listing, enabling customers to see these chats up entrance, at any time when they open the app. The strings recommend that three dialog could also be pinned in the intervening time, however Google might scale back or improve the variety of chats that may be pinned.

In addition to pinned conversations, Google Messages can be testing the star messages function. This will enable customers to star particular messages in a chat, that you simply suppose are essential or want a particular house for taking a look at later. All these starred messages ought to present up in a separate part, however readability on how these will present up is not clear but. XDA says that customers might be able to discover starred messages by way of search at a later stage. These options aren’t stay but and have simply been noticed within the code. There isn’t any readability on when these could also be launched.