Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google could also be engaged on a brand new function for the Google Messages app.
- Code inside a beta model of the Google Messages app suggests Google could permit customers to edit their messages.
From UI adjustments to the inclusion of HDR, Google has been making fairly just a few changes to its Google Messages app just lately. And it appears to be like like there might nonetheless be extra to come back, as strings of code counsel the app could get a despatched textual content enhancing function.
An APK teardown helps predict options that will arrive on a service sooner or later based mostly on work-in-progress code. Nevertheless, it’s potential that such predicted options could not make it to a public launch.
In keeping with TheSpAndroid, the beta model of the Google Messages app that was launched within the final week of November comprises hints of a message enhancing function. The APK teardown revealed 4 flags that included:
- bugle.enable_edit_ui
- bugle.load_edit_history
- bugle.process_outgoing_edits
- bugle.process_incoming_edits
Happening the checklist, it seems the primary flag suggests there can be a UI for the enhancing function. The following flag seems to consult with being able to carry up a historical past of edits. The third and fourth flags appear to take care of processing edits for the consumer and the recipient.
Whereas there’s no assure that Google will carry the function to Messages, it could be a welcomed addition to the app. Particularly contemplating that Messages can be enjoying meet up with different messaging apps that already provide the function, like WhatsApp.
