Google upgrade set to bring WhatsApp-like read-receipts feature to Messages

Google Messages is likely to get major upgrades with new features and updates. The tech giant is bringing a completely redesigned Google Messages app along with new features to make it even more useful and exciting. The app will be getting a new icon as well as several other cosmetic and functional improvements. As per reports, Messages developers are testing Signal-like delivery indicators and read receipts in RCS chats. As of now, the app used to show their delivery status with words: Sending, Sent, Delivered, and Read, but with the new update, it will get a Signal-like indicator with check marks inside a circle, as reported by 9to5Google.

Additionally, in RCS chats with groups, Google will replace the indicator to show that the text has been seen or a simple “Read by all” indicator. Moreover, chats with individuals will also show two filled-in circled check marks underneath the read messages, much like WhatsApp’s grey and blue check marks. Here’s how this new Google Message feature

Google is testing this new feature for users who have enabled the RCS mode. Know how the three types of read receipts will appear when you send a message.

In individual chats:

1 check mark = Sent

2 checkmarks = Delivered

2 filled-in check marks = Read

In group chats:

1 check mark = Sent

2 checkmarks = Delivered

“Seen by [x]” or “Read by all” = Read

Earlier, Google Messages app was used for just sending and receiving text messages.

Google Messages has received a number of updates recently, including the new PiP mode for YouTube videos, a brand-new icon, and many more features.