That said, iMessage has a different set of reactions than currently offered by Google Messages in RCS chats. Once it’s figured out what message is being reacted to, perhaps Google Message will hide the incoming iMessage fallback and instead show an emoji under the original message. According to a newly discovered preference (not yet live in the app), Google Messages should be able to intercept incoming iMessage reactions and instead show them as “emoji.”įor now, it’s not clear exactly how this “classification” would work, but one would imagine Google Messages would spot incoming messages that start with something like “Liked” and try to match it to a previous message.

In the newest beta update to Google Messages, version 10.7, we’ve found that Google may be preparing a more clever way of handling incoming iMessage reactions. For some, this author included, these messages are incredibly annoying, with friends most often using reactions on incredibly long messages in a group chat, cluttering the message history. In an iMessage group, these are simple reactions, but in mixed conversations, a fallback message is sent to let Android owners not miss that a message has been acknowledged and somewhat responded to. In those instances, you’ll receive lengthy messages along these lines: Surely every Android fan has at least one friend with an iPhone who insists on using reactions even though you don’t use iMessage. We’ll try to enable those that are closer to being finished, however, to show you how they’ll look in the case that they do ship. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Update: This feature has already begun rolling out for some, allowing us to see it in action.Ībout APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. The latest update to Google Messages prepares for a new way to handle the annoying iMessage reaction messages often seen in mixed group chats.

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