Some users of the Messages app will be able to respond to text messages with any emoji, instead of being limited to the standard set of seven that have been available in the app for a while now. You can access the picker to react with whatever you want if you press and hold on a message.
9to5Google says it has heard of two reports of the expanded emoji reactions being rolled out, but two other people who checked didn't see it. The Verge asked for comment on the feature, but didn't get a response from the search engine.
Depending on who you are texting, the extra reactions can be a bit messy. They seem to work well if both parties use the same type of technology. My phone doesn't have access to the extended picker yet, but my colleague's reactions showed up correctly when I used the Messages app
Other configurations can become messy. The Messages app on the phone shows the reaction as a separate text message, asking if you can respond. My colleague will react to a text from an iPhone user in the same way that he will react to a text from someone else.
It isn't a surprise that the reactions don't translate to the phone. Apple's Tapback system only allows you to use a specific set of symbols, so it's unlikely the company's Messages app has the ability to add an arbitrary emoji to a message It appeared as if the two companies had worked out a solution after years of Apple users showing up as separate text messages forAndroid users. When I tested it with the standard reactions, I reverted back to the old system of getting separate text messages for both phones.
Even if it's only elegant when you're doing RCS chats, I'm happy to see that the feature is coming to the texting platform. It's a feature I've always wanted everywhere, and it seems like Google's working on making that case for the people using its app
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