How to add reactions to Google Messages – Times of India

Reactions make messages and conversations more fun. They also make the messages more visual and playful. You can react to messages with emojis such as a smiley face. If you also wish to make your messages fun and interesting then here are the simple steps on how you can add a reaction to messages.
Get started with reactions
Important: To apply reactions on Messages, you must connect your Messages account to an Android device.
How to add a reaction
Step 1: First, tap and hold the message
Step 2: Now you can choose an emoji reaction you wish to add.
Tip: On a computer, to add a reaction, hover over a message. Click Reactions Reactions and then Select a reaction.
You can also remove your reactions to a particular message. Here’s how to do it
Step 1: Tap and hold the message you reacted to
Step 2: Now tap on the highlighted reaction
Recently, Google marked the 30th anniversary of SMS with the introduction of end-to-end encryption for group chats in the Messages app. End-to-end encryption is presently available to Messages users who participated in the beta program recently.
“This means that all one-on-one texts sent using Messages by Google, for example, are encrypted, so they’re private and safe and can only be seen by the sender and the recipient. And now, end-to-end encryption is starting to roll out for group chats and will be available to some users in the open beta program over the coming weeks,” said Google.