{"id":82554,"date":"2022-09-30T07:32:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T07:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-messages-getting-sms-reactions-as-annoying-as-imessage\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T07:32:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T07:32:04","slug":"google-messages-getting-sms-reactions-as-annoying-as-imessage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-messages-getting-sms-reactions-as-annoying-as-imessage\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Messages getting SMS reactions, as annoying as iMessage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A day after it emerged that Apple is taking credit for Google adding iMessage reactions on Android, the Messages app is beginning to roll out the ability to leave reactions on SMS texts, which is already possible with RCS.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-2020, Google rolled out the ability to send iMessage-like reactions on RCS.  When you receive an RCS chat, holding down on it lets you leave one of seven emojis, including thumbs up\/down and a range of facial expressions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve now received two reports of Google Messages users being able to react to SMS texts.  Like with RCS, you just press to get the seven reactions, which are unchanged.  If the SMS recipient is using Messages, the reaction just appears in the bottom-right corner.<\/p>\n<p>For recipients that are not using the Google Messages app, don&#8217;t have RCS chat enabled, or on iOS, the fallback is a text message with the emoji from the sender followed by what&#8217;s being reacted to in quotes. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:67.00557%\">\n<figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:32.99443%\">\n<figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img title=\"Google Messages getting ability to react to SMS, as annoying as iMessage equivalent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/google-messages-sms-reactions-1.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/google-messages-sms-reactions-1.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/google-messages-sms-reactions-1.jpg?strip=info&amp;w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1369\" data-id=\"528207\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=528207\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/google-messages-sms-reactions-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=875\" data-width=\"1170\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">L: <em>Messages app leaving reaction on SMS<\/em> |  R: <em>SMS reactions from Android on iPhone (1st, 3rd, &#038; 4th lines)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s fallback design is nicer and more visually distinctive than the iPhone equivalent, which just sends a text description instead of an emoji. <\/p>\n<p>This is undoubtedly a feature that helps Messages users be more expressive.  That said, it might be annoying over time as Android users that converse with iPhone owners can attest to.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Google Messages is working \u2013 as we enabled earlier this month \u2013 on the ability to react to an RCS chat with any emoji.  These two things could be related.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-more-on-google-messages\">More on Google Messages:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Thanks Jon!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixel 7 event: EVERYTHING Google is set to launch!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ovQ9og7rMas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after it emerged that Apple is taking credit for Google adding iMessage reactions on Android, the Messages app is beginning to roll out the ability to leave reactions on SMS texts, which is already possible with RCS. In mid-2020, Google rolled out the ability to send iMessage-like reactions on RCS. When you receive &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-messages-getting-sms-reactions-as-annoying-as-imessage\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Messages getting SMS reactions, as annoying as iMessage<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41257,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-pushes-apple-to-adopt-rcs-text-messaging\/","url_meta":{"origin":82554,"position":0},"title":"Google pushes Apple to adopt RCS text messaging","date":"August 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I\/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco.Beck Diefenbach | ReutersGoogle, the developer of the Android, is increasing the pressure on Apple to adopt RCS, a next-generation standard for text messaging. 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