{"id":299728,"date":"2025-04-02T05:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=299728"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:59:45","slug":"google-messages-prepares-two-changes-for-group-chats-one-is-the-ability-to-snooze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-messages-prepares-two-changes-for-group-chats-one-is-the-ability-to-snooze\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Messages prepares two changes for group chats. One is the ability to snooze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Messages continues to evolve with new features designed to improve the user experience.&nbsp;<strong>The latest updates focus on group chat functionality and message control<\/strong>, reflecting Google&#8217;s efforts to compete with other major messaging platforms like WhatsApp. According to a recent app teardown, two highly anticipated features are now closer to release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Message snoozing brings more control to conversations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most notable additions is&nbsp;<strong>a new message snoozing feature<\/strong>, which will let users delay notifications for one hour, eight hours, or 24 hours. There\u2019s even an&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;always&#8221; option for indefinite muting<\/strong>, requiring manual reactivation to resume alerts. While it&#8217;s still unclear if this will apply to individual messages or whole threads, users will reportedly still receive alerts if they&#8217;re directly mentioned in a muted group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This feature appears to replace the text reminder tool removed by Google in 2023, offering a more flexible and user-friendly alternative.&nbsp;<strong>Compared to Android\u2019s system-wide snoozing<\/strong>, which caps at two hours, Google Messages will now offer longer and more customizable silence periods\u2014especially useful for busy group chats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group chat links offer easier invitations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google is also finalizing&nbsp;<strong>a group chat joining-link feature<\/strong>, similar to the one offered by WhatsApp. This would allow users to share a link that others can use to join a group,&nbsp;<strong>removing the need for manual invitations<\/strong>&nbsp;and making chat coordination easier. Teardowns have revealed interface elements tied to this function, suggesting it may launch soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, these updates aim to make Google Messages a more powerful communication tool, particularly for group interactions.&nbsp;<strong>Both features suggest a shift toward a more modern and competitive platform<\/strong>, focused on ease of use and flexibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Messages continues to evolve with new features designed to improve the user experience.&nbsp;The latest updates focus on group chat functionality and message control, reflecting Google&#8217;s efforts to compete with other major messaging platforms like WhatsApp. According to a recent app teardown, two highly anticipated features are now closer to release. Message snoozing brings more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-messages-prepares-two-changes-for-group-chats-one-is-the-ability-to-snooze\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Messages prepares two changes for group chats. One is the ability to snooze&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":299729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-299728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308247,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299728\/revisions\/308247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299728"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=299728"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=299728"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=299728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}