Google's chat app, Messages, is now implementing its long-awaited snooze feature. Here's a brief rundown of its functionality.
It's high time for a break from those persistent chirps and buzzes! The long-anticipated snooze feature for Google Messages is now hitting the scene, joining the ranks of apps like Telegram and (as of now) WhatsApp1. This feature, first caught by the eagle-eyed team at Android Police, is now available in the latest Google Messages beta for both SMS and RCS messages.
The new 'Snooze chat' feature coincidentally appeared when you peek into a contact's page within the Google Messages app, giving users the power to hush up chats for one hour, eight hours, 24 hours, or 'Always'1. And here's the cherry on top, you can still choose to get notified if someone pings you with an '@', even if a chat is snoozed1. Remember, the Mentions feature for chats is still under wraps and might debut alongside the snooze feature1.
To activate the snooze function, head over to a contact's page or long-press on a chat in your Google Messages inbox. A convenient snooze icon will greet you4. Keep in mind, this fantastic upgrade is currently being rolled out to selected users, so not every user will have immediate access4.
Unlike its crusade against distractions, Google Messages has been commendably lethargic in offering a snooze chat function—until now. Up until now, the only way to mute messages was manually toggling notifications4.
Google Messages isn't exploring uncharted territories with the snooze feature alone. Over the past months, the service has been baking a menagerie of updates, several of which are long-awaited, such as an 'Unsend' option for those infamous slip-ups and upgrades to its group chat ecosystem5. Get set for:
- Google Messages: A Storm of New Upgrades Coming Soon
- Google Messages: Mastering the Art of Lengthy Text Manipulation
- Google Messages: Taking Stab at Spam Control with New “Unsubscribe” Button
- In an effort to minimize distractions, the new snooze feature for Google Messages, joining apps like WhatsApp, allows users to hush up chats for a designated period, even while choosing to receive notifications for mentions.
- The long-awaited snooze function for Google Messages, along with recent updates such as an 'Unsend' option and improvements to its group chat ecosystem, marks Google Messages as a technology-driven service that continues to expand its capabilities, including controlling spam with a new "Unsubscribe" button.
