There’s a bug on Google Messages beta that brings an old design back. Hopefully, it’s a bug and not Google changing its decision.
The latest beta version of Google Messages seems to have introduced an interesting bug for some users (hopefully a bug indeed). Some of the unlucky ones are seeing the old text field accidentally return.
The design consists of the « plus » menu followed by the gallery/camera, and the Magic Compose button appearing on devices that support generative AI features. The « Text or RCS message » field houses the picker for Emoji, GIFs, Stickers, and Photomoji, as well as the audio recorder if you wish to send an audio message.
When you enter text into the field, the three actions at the left disappear, replaced by the first two shortcuts.
