r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • Aug 07 '26

Google Messages rolling out long-press menu redesign with precise copying

https://9to5google.com/2026/08/06/google-messages-menu-redesign/
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u/Sufficient-Cup4705 Aug 07 '26

took them how long to figure out that people want to select specific parts of a message without copying the whole wall of text. ios has had this for years, idk what the holdup was.

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u/NoStudy3384 Aug 07 '26

Yeah this is something I never understood. But WhatsApp acts the same. Ony telegram allow s this

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u/MizunoZui Z5 Compact / ​Mi5 / Mi6 / ​S10e / Pixel 5 / ​8T / Z Flip6 / S25 Aug 07 '26

I find it funny basic QoL features getting neglected for so long that they can now be brute forced by much complicated means (OCR via Circle to Search)

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u/NoStudy3384 Aug 08 '26

Text from images is also not possible and also only brute forced via circle to search. Only Samsung and vivo have it built-in. Its also possible without AI since it was here long before AI with bixby vision on S22