Google Messages rolls out new swipe for timestamps & reply gesture
The redesign moves timestamps to a left swipe and replies to a right swipe, while taps still show read receipts.
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Where’s my timestamp? Google Messages is updating its UI, and users are confused
TL;DR Back in 2024, Google first started working on swipe gestures to view timestamps in Messages. That new interface is now widely rolling out to users. Messages also now supports swiping right to directly reply. When you’re looking back on your text message history, it’s not just the texts and the GIFs you care about. The metadata also tells a story, too: when messages were sent, if they went out with encryption, and whether or not they were …
Google Messages Adds New Gestures for Viewing Timestamps and Replying to Messages
Checking the time a message was sent in the Google Messages app has become much easier. Google has begun rolling out new swipe gestures widely, changing the way timestamps are displayed and how you reply to messages. If you noticed that the usual swipe motion now performs a different action, this is why.
Google Messages is getting a new way of working with messages that changes the behavior of "swipe" gestures within conversations. Instead of swiping there is only
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