The Google Messages web app now supports direct reply.
Google Messages on the web is rarely updated, but a recent addition lets you reply directly to RCS conversations like you can on Android.
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The last update to Messages for web was support for the updated RCS read receipts/send status.
Previously, hovering over an RCS conversation on messages.google.com/web allowed you to copy text and delete, as well as react with emoji (although you only had seven options).
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Google recently introduced the ability to reply directly to RCS messages in the desktop web client (PWA). When you do this, the conversation appears above the text field with a “Reply to message” hint for an experience similar to the Android app, which gained this feature in October 2020.
This was a feature that users really wanted, since the Messages web app has long supported the display of these quote replies made from phones.
These direct replies do not appear to be available on Android tablets, which have moved the rectangular “Start chat” FAB from the top of the chat list to the bottom right corner of that column.
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It was also recently spotted that the Messages app for Wear OS has been updated with a new design for suggested replies. This design uses thin borders on a pill-shaped container. This could be a preparation for design language improvements that may come with the upcoming Wear OS 4.
Information source: 9to5google.com
