after test in MarchGoogle Messages now features a new Tap to Draft behavior for Smart Replies that helps prevent accidental sending.
Previously, tapping the Smart Reply above the compose field sent it immediately. Some users have disabled this feature completely to prevent accidental messages.
Google now addresses this with Tap to Draft, where selecting a Smart Answer adds it to the text box. So you have to manually press the submit button, there is an option to do some additional editing before you do that.
For the new “Suggestions” menu at the top, you need to enable Find for draft by going to Settings > Suggestions & Actions (renamed in recent weeks). At launch, the default behavior remains “Click to Send”.
- Tap to draft: Create a message draft
- Tap to send: Send directly to chat
We see that this is accomplished along with improving the quality of life latest stable version (20260522_00_RC00) Google Messages for Android.
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