- Screen Effects add some big screen-filling animations to your Google Messages chats.
- So far, Screen Effects have been activated by using specific text trigger phrases.
- Messages now appears to respond similarly when you send pairs of certain emoji.
Update, March 25, 2025 (01:03 PM ET): We’ve been working to identify all the emoji pairs that manage to activate these full-screen animations, and here are the ones that we’re seeing trigger Screen Effects:
