Google messages seems to obtain an update of its group chat function that would allow you to add custom icons to your group’s chats.
If the new function, which has already been detected by some users, is completely implemented, would mark the last update in the Google messaging service for Android after the announcement of Four new design updates last week.
9to5google First he saw the change in Google messages, sharing that a handful of users have noticed that they have the freedom to establish their own group chat icons. However, although some users apparently have access to the new function, the update is not yet available for everyone, and an official deployment date has not been announced.
You can verify if the function is available for you by opening a group conversation and touching the upper bar to reveal the details of the group. If a pencil icon appears to the right of the existing image of its group chat, it means that you can establish its own icon.
In other places, a recent Reddit publication indicates that GIFs cannot be configured as group chat icons, and adds that it cannot return to the previous icon once you have established a personalized new one.
Personalized group icons implementing! of R/Googlemesages
At this time, group chat icons in Google messages only show up to four circle profile images, which does not facilitate the differentiation of chats. The addition of personalized group chat icons would introduce a softer way of distinguishing between the chats, instead of trusting only in the names of group chat, and would definitely be an improvement in the Google Menses ecosystem.
Google Menses is updating with WhatsApp
Compared to rival services, and in particular WhatsApp, Google messages has been left behind when it comes to implementing relatively minor updates to improve user experience. However, since January, the messages have been subject to some minor changes in design and functionality improvements, which gives the service a very late image change.
One of the first changes, introduced earlier this year, allowed users to establish once again names and profile images for their contacts, investing a previous change that had bothered many users. This was followed by the discovery of the code that suggests that the reading chat receipts would reach Google’s messages.
Another disassembly of APK in March pointed out the possible incorporation of the WhatsApp Style Group Chat mentions, and in April more group chat silencing characteristics made fun of another disassembly. Therefore, it seems that Google is compensating for the lost time when trying to speed its messaging service; Make us know what you think of the latest changes in the comments below.
