Google Messages May Soon Let You Edit Photos and Videos Before Sending - TechRepublic
You’ve attached a photo to a message, only to realize it needs cropping. Or perhaps the video is a few seconds too long. In Google Messages, making those adjustments currently means opening another app, editing the file, and returning to the conversation to attach it again.
Google appears to be working on a shortcut that could eliminate most of those steps. Code discovered in Google Messages beta version v20261106 reveals an “Edit media” button that would let users crop, trim, or adjust photos and videos through their phone’s existing editing app.
The feature has not been publicly released, and Google has not announced a rollout date. However, the newly discovered code provides a detailed look at how it could work.
How Google Messages’ new Edit media button would work
A Nov. 9 APK teardown by Android Authorityuncovered an unreleased editing shortcut and an onboarding prompt labeled “Edit before you...
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