What to know
- Google Messages is preparing to switch pinned conversations between tile and list layouts based on how many chats you pin.
- Switching to list view turns off custom reordering.
Keeping more conversations pinned in Google Messages is set to affect how you can arrange them. Our teardown of Google Messages version messages.android_20261110_00_RC00.phone.openbeta_dynamic uncovered new dialogs explaining the automatic layout changes.
About APK teardowns — An APK is the file used to install an Android app. We read its code and text, often in beta builds, to spot hidden features before companies announce them. These features are unfinished: they can change, remain disabled by a switch on company servers, or never ship.
Reaching a pin-count threshold moves the pinned section into list view and disables custom reordering. Bringing the count below that threshold switches the section back to tiles.
pin_switch_to_list_view_dialog_title = "Switching to list view"
pin_switch_to_list_view_dialog_message = "{count, plural, =1 {Pinning # or more chat automatically changes your pinned section to a list view and turns off custom reordering.} other {Pinning # or more chats automatically changes your pinned section to a list view and turns off custom reordering.}}"
pin_switch_to_tile_view_dialog_title = "Switching to tile view"
pin_switch_to_tile_view_dialog_message = "{count, plural, =1 {Pinning fewer than # chat switches your pinned section to a tile view.} other {Pinning fewer than # chats switches your pinned section to a tile view.}}"
pin_switch_view_dialog_confirm_button = "Switch"
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