Google has been heavily working on its messaging platform, Google Messages, to make it stand on par with Apple’s iMessage platform. Last year, the Mountain View giant started testing an iMessage-like emoji reaction feature that lets users react to messages with relevant emojis. Now, Google has started rolling out an update for Google Messages that translates message reactions sent from iMessage into emoji reactions on Android.
As per the screenshots, the Messages app has started showing message reactions from iMessage users as relevant emojis. Moreover, tapping the emoji reactions shows a message with the phrase “Translated from iPhone“. Previously, these reactions from iMessage showed up as fallback messages such as Liked an image or Emphasized ‘we’re on our way’.
Google has been working to bring more RCS-based features to the Messages app to make it more user-friendly and feature-packed. The translated message reactions feature is one of the new features that will further improve the messaging experience for Android users. It is currently rolling out for the public and should be live for everyone within the next few weeks.
