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The latest update to Google Messages prepares for a new way to handle the annoying iMessage reaction messages frequently seen in mixed group chats.

Update: This feature has already begun rolling out for some, allowing us to see it in activity.

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iMessage reactions equally emoji

Surely every Android fan has at least one friend with an iPhone who insists on using reactions fifty-fifty though yous don't use iMessage. In those instances, you lot'll receive lengthy messages along these lines:

Liked an image

Emphasized "Nosotros're on our way"

In an iMessage group, these are simple reactions, but in mixed conversations, a fallback bulletin is sent to let Android owners not miss that a bulletin has been best-selling and somewhat responded to. 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 the newest beta update to Google Messages, version x.7, we've plant that Google may be preparing a more clever manner of treatment incoming iMessage reactions. According to a newly discovered preference (not all the same live in the app), Google Messages should exist able to intercept incoming iMessage reactions and instead show them as "emoji."

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Show iPhone reactions as emoji

For 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. Once it'south figured out what bulletin is beingness reacted to, possibly Google Message volition hibernate the incoming iMessage fallback and instead show an emoji nether the original message.

That said, iMessage has a different set up of reactions than currently offered by Google Messages in RCS chats. Google may exist bookkeeping for this, as there is mention in the code of "mapping" the iMessage reactions, possibly mapping to the set of reactions available in Google Letters today, or possibly just mapping to various emoji.

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Update 11/19 3:00pm: It appears Google has already slowly begun rolling out Letters' ability to interpret iMessage reactions to its ain reactions. Courtesy of screenshots given to 9to5Google by reader Jvolkman, we found that reactions sent from an iPhone were correctly interpreted past Google Messages merely similar reactions sent via RCS.

Google Messages may soon show iMessage reactions as emoji [Update: Rolling out]

Importantly, the fallback messages do non appear in the message history, keeping things uncluttered. When you tap on a message's reaction, Google Letters will testify that it was "Translated from iPhone," which is genuinely a humorous way of putting it.

Nosotros tin can at present see that Google has indeed remapped some of iMessage'due south reactions to lucifer what's available through RCS. For example, the honey reaction on iMessage is received by Google Messages as the eye-eyes emoji, while the express joy reaction is replaced with a laughing face emoji.

Notably, if the iPhone user changes which iMessage reaction they've placed on a message, Google Letters correctly switches which emoji is shown. This can be seen in the screenshots above, where the love reaction was replaced with the laughing one.

Thanks Jvolkman!

Altogether reminders

Another characteristic being worked on with this Google Messages update is a handy birthday reminder. From what nosotros tin slice together, Google Letters' conversation list volition direct prove you that it'southward a particular person'south birthday, presumably based on their Google Contacts listing.

<string name="birthday_conversation_list_item_text_no_name">Wish them a Happy Altogether!</string>

If you're in a chat with someone and it's their birthday, you should likewise see a banner reminding you to wish them a happy birthday. This banner may also accept a fun, bouncy birthday cake blitheness.