{"id":10696,"date":"2025-03-19T05:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T05:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/google-messages-enable-android-mention\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T05:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T05:46:24","slug":"google-messages-enable-android-mention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/google-messages-enable-android-mention\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Messages: Enable Android &#8220;Mention&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Google-Messages-1.webp?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Google-Messages-1.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Google-Messages-1.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Google-Messages-1.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Google-Messages-1.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Google-Messages-1.webp?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p>Google is continually updating its messaging platform to improve the user experience, and now it is expected to introduce a new &#8220;Mention&#8221; feature, which will make group chats less cluttered.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from our trusted source, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-messages-mentions-feature-3535957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Android Authority<\/a>, a recent APK teardown has revealed that a forthcoming &#8216;Mention&#8217; feature is in the works, which could make group conversations more manageable on the platform.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion.webp?resize=780%2C221&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google messages menstion\" class=\"wp-image-36968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion-scaled.webp?resize=1024%2C290&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion-scaled.webp?resize=300%2C85&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion-scaled.webp?resize=768%2C218&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion-scaled.webp?resize=1536%2C436&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion-scaled.webp?resize=2048%2C581&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion-scaled.webp?resize=150%2C43&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samlover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Messages-Menstion-scaled.webp?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Apparently, while exploring the latest beta version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/samlover.com\/2025\/02\/08\/google-messages-to-integrate-whatsapp-video-call-option-in-chat-screen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Messages<\/a> application, it was discovered that the company is developing a new &#8220;Mentions&#8221; feature. This new option will enable users to tag specific individuals in group chats using the &#8216;@&#8217; symbol, similar to WhatsApp and Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Tagging a group member directly seems to be more efficient than simply mentioning their name, as it ensures the intended person receives a notification and minimizes the chance of missing messages.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Samsung <a href=\"https:\/\/samlover.com\/2024\/09\/02\/samsung-messages-no-longer-pre-installed-heres-why\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that its upcoming smartphones would feature Google Messages as the default messaging app due to RCS support, replacing Samsung Messages; however, older devices still have the option to choose between them.<\/p>\n<p>However, contrary to this announcement, it was later <a href=\"https:\/\/samlover.com\/2025\/02\/01\/samsung-messages-app-supports-rcs-on-galaxy-s25-series-with-one-ui-7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that Samsung Messages App supports RCS on the Galaxy S25 series with One UI 7. A few months ago, the Korean tech giant <a href=\"https:\/\/samlover.com\/2024\/12\/10\/samsung-messages-to-end-rcs-support-on-verizon-users-are-advised-to-switch-to-google-messages\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">advised<\/a> Galaxy users to switch to Google Messages as Samsung Messages would end RCS support.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/samlover.com\/2025\/03\/19\/google-messages-mentions-feature-soon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is continually updating its messaging platform to improve the user experience, and now it is expected to introduce a new &#8220;Mention&#8221; feature, which will make group chats less cluttered&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/Google-Messages-1.webp.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}