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TL;DR
- Google has been engaged on a Mentions function for Google Messages, and we managed to activate it for a primary look.
- In group chats, customers can kind @, adopted by one other consumer’s identify or quantity, to say them. An autocomplete immediate will make the point out course of simpler.
- Talked about customers will see their identify highlighted, making it simpler to undergo noisy group chats with out lacking out on such vital messages.
Google Messages is the de facto medium for RCS conversations on Android flagships, and Google has been persistently working to deliver the messaging expertise as much as par with different competing prompt messaging apps. We beforehand noticed Google Messages engaged on a Mentions function that will let customers in a bunch chat point out different customers to seize their consideration. With the most recent Google Messages v20250511 beta, we’ve managed to allow the Mentions function to offer you a primary look.
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The mentions function in Google Messages works virtually the identical means because it does in different messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. In group chats, you may point out any member by typing @ adopted by their identify or quantity. An autocomplete immediate will prevent from typing the entire identify or quantity, so customers can choose the member they need to point out.
As soon as the point out message is shipped, the consumer’s identify will seem highlighted and daring. Anybody within the group can faucet on the talked about consumer’s identify to open a profile preview, with shortcuts for private DMs and calls.
Presently, since we needed to manually activate the function earlier than it’s absolutely prepared and rolled out, the point out labored fantastic, however the consumer talked about didn’t get any particular notification about it. Optimistically, we anticipate talked about customers to obtain a highlighted notification that may presumably bypass group notification settings, simply as different apps allow you to do.
Google hasn’t introduced the Mentions function but, so we don’t know if and when this can roll out. Given its utility in noisy group chats, we hope to see it rolled out quickly.
