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Google Messages is quietly addressing one of its most requested features

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is finally working on letting you select and copy a part of a message instead of the whole thing. Users have been asking for this small but convenient feature for a long time. We got the feature working on a beta version of Google Messages, indicating a wider rollout should follow soon. Google Messages is constantly evolving and adding new features, but some long-standing pain po…
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Many people have long struggled with the problem of having to manually delete a portion of a larger text after copying it, but Google is working on a solution. The tech giant is soon introducing a major change that will only copy text that users select in the Messages app. The new feature is currently in early testing.

Among the small frustrations of the digital daily, some persist far too long. Google Messages offers a telling example: the application has always required to copy the entire message, even when one wants only a fraction. A flaw as common as it is annoying, that millions of Android users experience without recourse. Good news: Google seems finally decided ... Read more The Google Messages article will finally allow only the desired text to be cop…

This is a stupid option but it was cruelly missing: the partial copy soon arrives on Google Messages.

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Android Authority broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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