Google Messages already rolling out the setting to show off animated response results

As noticed by 9to5Google, the brand new “Present expressive animations” setting is at the moment rolling out to the newest Google Messages beta (v20240426_01_RC00), however it isn’t but accessible within the steady channel. It additionally seems to have a server element to it since I am on that very same model, and it is not accessible for me, but. 

As soon as rolled out, this new setting could be discovered within the Google Messages settings menu and when enabled (which is the default setting), customers will see the animated emoji, response results, and fullscreen display results that Google has been including to the app in current updates. Nonetheless, in case you discover these animations to be distracting or pointless, now you can disable them with a easy toggle.

Google Messages’ settings toggle to allow or disable “Present expressive animations” | Credit score: 9to5Google

Disabling it’ll substitute animated emoji with common static emoji, and can do away with the fullscreen display results and response results solely. Nonetheless, it is necessary to notice that reactions you permit on messages will nonetheless animate, albeit with a way more refined and minimal motion. Moreover, photomoji, that are emoji created from your individual photographs, will nonetheless be accessible to be used.

This can be a welcome change for a lot of customers who’ve complained that the present animation overload in Google Messages is extreme for such a standard process as messaging, including that Google could have overdone them a bit. Beforehand, the one method to disable these animations was to show off animations system-wide throughout your whole cellphone, which might additionally have an effect on animations in different apps. This new setting gives a way more focused method to management the animations in Google Messages particularly.