Google Messages getting ability to react to SMS, as annoying as iMessage equivalent
September 30, 2022
A day after it emerged that Apple is taking credit for Google adding iMessage reactions on Android, the Messages app is beginning to roll out the ability to leave reactions on SMS texts, which is already possible with RCS.
In mid-2020, Google rolled out the ability to send iMessage-like reactions on RCS. When you receive an RCS chat, holding down on it lets you leave one of seven emojis, including…