Google Messages has began testing a much-anticipated function: the capacity to delete despatched messages. In contrast to opponents comparable to Telegram, WhatsApp, and Apple’s iMessage—which already supply this performance—Google Messages had but to implement message deletion, regardless of early February rumors suggesting the function was on the way in which.
In response to consumer studies on Reddit, the function is now being rolled out to a restricted variety of customers taking part within the app’s newest beta model. Reddit consumer @seeareeff shared proof of the function in motion.
Presently, the choice to delete a despatched message seems underneath very particular situations: in group chats with 12 or extra individuals. It doesn’t seem in smaller group chats or particular person conversations. Customers nonetheless have the power to delete a message just for themselves.
RCS message delete can be rolling out to beta individuals.
byu/seeareeff inGoogleMessages
The expectation is that the function will turn out to be extra broadly accessible upon official launch, doubtlessly working throughout all dialog sorts whatever the variety of individuals.
Earlier leaks indicated that customers might have as much as quarter-hour to delete a despatched message. This aligns with the introduction of message deletion assist in model 2.7 of the RCS Common Profile, which Google appears to be leveraging to carry this functionality to its app. As with WhatsApp, deleted messages will doubtless be marked to point they had been eliminated.
Though testing is at a sophisticated stage, a common launch might take time. When message modifying was launched final yr, Google required a number of months to maneuver from testing to full rollout within the steady model of the app.
Nonetheless, growth of Google Messages stays lively. Latest updates embrace protections in opposition to unsolicited specific photos, design enhancements, and assist for sending pictures in unique high quality.
