Following Photomoji, animated emoji, and some Screen Effects, Reaction Effects are seeing wide availability in Google Messages for Android. When you long-press on a message — SMS or RCS — and select ...

A bug in the latest Google Messages beta automatically prompts emoji reactions in chats where the last received message is an image. The issue apparently appears only in the recent v20250406 beta ...

Google working on a toggle that will allow you to turn off expressive animations in Google Messages. The setting will presumably turn off/on Reaction and Screen Effects. It’s unclear if turning ...

While I like Google’s particular brand of whimsy, the Messages app should really add an in-app setting to turn off its animations and other expressive effects. Google’s support article points you to a ...

Users are reporting a persistent Google Messages bug It repeatedly asks for an emoji reaction to images in chats The issue may be limited to users running the beta app We're seeing multiple reports of ...