Google’s messaging strategy may still be a mess, but the Google Messages app is clearly the company’s favorite child. Google Messages took center stage for RCS adoption on Android, and Google has been diligently adding new features to the app to make it the prime choice for users. The latest beta for the app has redesigned the media gallery UI, giving us a fullscreen camera viewfinder that frankly feels jarring.
The latest Google Messages beta, v20241118_03_RC00, is slowly rolling out a new, redesigned media gallery UI when attaching an image or video. You now get a fullscreen UI when you try to add an image using the Gallery button on the right of the text compose field. The button launches a camera UI, and you can scroll to the bottom to view images and videos in your device storage.
