Google Messages’ text editing feature is live for beta users, and it could come to you soon

Previously, the feature was manually activated with tinkering, and now, beta users have it without any tinkering.

Google Messages’ text editing feature is live for beta users, and it could come to you soon
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  • Google is working on a sent text editing feature for Google Messages, which would allow you to easily edit any message sent within the last few minutes.
  • The edited message will show the original message in the message details.
  • The feature is now available to beta users, indicating that it could be rolled out to users on the stable branch very soon.

Google has several messaging apps, but the Google Messages app is and remains one of the best texting apps for Android. Many of us use it for our SMS and RCS needs, and it gets the job done without a lot of fuss. Google was spotted working on a message editing feature for Google Messages in February, which now seems to be rolling out to beta users.

X user Jhowkira2000 mentions (via AssembleDebug on X) that Google Messages’ message editing feature is now available on some of their devices on the beta track.