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 below improvement and have been noticed within the code of the most recent replace through Google Play retailer. The two new options embrace the flexibility 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 most recent 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 through Google Play. Strings for each these new options had 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 growing the function and supply no certainty on whether or not they could be launched or not. Google could resolve to scrap these options through the growing course of and by no means launch it commercially.

Having mentioned that, Google is reportedly growing 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 for the time being, however Google could 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 permit customers to star particular messages in a chat, that you just assume are essential or want a particular area for 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 means of search at a later stage. These options aren’t dwell but and have simply been noticed within the code. There isn’t any readability on when these could also be launched.