{"id":393098,"date":"2026-01-27T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/393098\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:15:10","slug":"google-messages-on-wear-os-could-soon-add-two-features-youve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/393098\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Messages on Wear OS could soon add two features you&#8217;ve been waiting for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"Google Messages SMS stock photo 1\"  alt=\"Google Messages SMS stock photo 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Google-Messages-SMS-stock-photo-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edgar Cervantes \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>Google is working on bringing emoji reactions to the Wear OS version of the Messages app.<br \/>\nA new \u201cMark as read\u201d button is also expected for Wear OS notifications, mirroring the Android phone experience.<\/p>\n<p>Google Messages is the primary texting app on Android, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-messages-link-copy-url-3633480\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google keeps working to improve the core experience<\/a>. This extends to both the experience on Android phones and the secondary experience on connected devices like Wear OS smartwatches. We\u2019ve now spotted Google working on bringing the ability to react with emojis and mark messages as read from the notification, straight from your Wear OS smartwatch.<\/p>\n<p>The Google Messages app on Android phones allows users to react with Emojis and Photomojis, but the functionality doesn\u2019t extend to the Wear OS app. On Wear OS smartwatches, users can see all emoji reactions in messages, but they cannot react to messages themselves. This could soon change, as we\u2019ve spotted a new MessageReactionsActivity on the Wear OS version of Google Messages:<\/p>\n<p>There are also new strings related to message reactions:<\/p>\n<p>Code<\/p>\n<p>Copy TextReact with %1$s&#13;<br \/>\nRemove %1$s reaction<\/p>\n<p>So far, the clues don\u2019t suggest that users will be able to react with Photomojis on their Wear OS smartwatch, but they should still be able to see them on their watch when someone reacts with Photomojis.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andauth.co\/AAGooglePreferredSource\" class=\"e_do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768240152_738_google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768240152_238_google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Google Messages on Android allows users to mark messages as read from their phone\u2019s notification panel, through the \u201cMark as read\u201d button shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Google Messages Mark as read button\"  alt=\"Google Messages Mark as read button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Messages-Mark-as-read-button.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AssembleDebug \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>However, Google Messages on Wear OS does not come with a similar \u201cMark as read\u201d button, even though other Google apps like Gmail do come with it on Wear OS, as seen in the screenshot below:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Gmail on Wear OS Mark as read button\"  alt=\"Gmail on Wear OS Mark as read button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gmail-on-Wear-OS-Mark-as-read-button.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AssembleDebug \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve now spotted strings that suggest that Google Messages on Wear OS will soon get a \u201cMark as read\u201d button:<\/p>\n<p>Code<\/p>\n<p>Copy Textenable_mark_as_read_on_wear_notification<\/p>\n<p>When the button rolls out, it will help keep your unread counter under control, letting you mark unimportant messages as read directly from the notification on your Wear OS smartwatch, so you don\u2019t unnecessarily see them again on your phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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