Google Messages is making it way easier to pump your texts full of GIFs. Not just GIFs though. Emoji and stickers, too.
As spotted by 9To5Google, Google Messages has recently received a small update that lumps the GIFs, emoji, and sticker packs all into one spot. When you open up a chat, you’ll find that all three can now be found in side by side tabs. Before even tapping on the message box where you type, you can hit the emoji button and these tabs will pop up.
Prior to this change, GIFs and stickers in Google Messages would be located in the panel that pops up when you tap the “+” button. Now though, both of those are neatly tucked away with the emoji tab by hitting the emoji button. Which honestly makes sense. Given they kind of all fall under the same category.
Here’s what the new emoji picker looks like in Google Messages
Visually things don’t really look different, but just in case you were curious what the picker looks like you can view the changes below.
With GIFs and stickers having been moved to where emoji are found, the “+” button opens up the ability to share location, contacts, and attach files. There are also quick access buttons for Google Assistant so you can have Google search for places like restaurants. That way you can share them easily within a text.
All of this was available in the old picker. And it still is for those who don’t have the updated Google Messages app. But in the old picker you had to scroll up and down for things like attaching files or contacts, because there was just more stuffed in there than what could be seen without scrolling.
It’s not clear if the updated picker is available to all users. But if you have the most recent version of Google Messages then there’s a good chance you’ll see these changes.

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