Google Messages Adds 8-Option Long-Press Menu for Beta Users, Enabling Selective Text Copy
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Updated · Android Police · Aug 7
Google Messages Adds 8-Option Long-Press Menu for Beta Users, Enabling Selective Text Copy
3 articles · Updated · Android Police · Aug 7
Summary
Select beta users in Google Messages can now access a redesigned long-press menu and copy only part of a message instead of the entire text.
8 actions — Reply, Forward, Copy, Star, Delete, Select more, Info and Save — now appear in one pop-up, replacing the top toolbar and overflow menu that buried common tasks.
Long-pressing a message again enables partial text selection, addressing a long-missing basic function that Google has been testing for months.
Google first surfaced the menu redesign nearly a year ago, and the latest beta also adds a blurred background effect as it works to cut extra taps in everyday messaging.