TL;DR
- Google is working on a new user interface for Messages that’ll swap the hamburger menu for a context menu.
- The updated context menu will centralize buttons for sharing and selecting chats, making them easier to reach.
- It should also clarify which chats are selected or unselected in a group, which was previously confusing with Material You shading.
Phone screens seem to be always getting larger, and that makes one-handed usability of the latest flagships tricky. Many Google apps use hamburger menus near the top of the screen to grant access to key buttons and features. This becomes a problem when you’re trying to wield a modern Android phone with one hand, but Google appears to be simplifying things for at least one of its apps. Google Messages looks to be adding a new context menu that would let users access important features from anywhere in the chat.
Currently, the Google Messages app places crucial buttons at the very top of the screen, making them harder to reach. After long-pressing on a message, the copy and delete button appears in the chat’s header bar.