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Companies are always making changes to their apps to improve the experience. However, they sometimes bring changes just to mess with us, it seems. This could be the case with Google Messages, as it will get rid of the top contacts when you’re making a new conversation.
When you’re starting up a new chat, you would be greeted by a list of the contacts that you interact with the most. These are the contacts that you’re most likely going to start a conversation with. It wasn’t a major feature, but it was one of those little convenient features that just made life a little easier.
Google is getting rid of the top contact feature in Google Messages
While this feature was nice, all good things must come to an end. According to a report, Google has gotten rid of this feature as part of a broader change to the app. Over the past couple of weeks, Google has been bringing visual changes to Google Messages. Recently, it changed the home screen to show the Google logo and a search button rather than a search bar.
Now, when you start a new conversation, you’ll only see a list of your contacts in alphabetical order. You’ll no longer see your top contacts above the list. We’re not sure why Google decided to do this, as this was a purely convenient feature.
If you want to see a list of contacts above the alphabetical list, you can pin contacts, however, that list doesn’t change based on your usage, and it’s limited to five contacts.
Google brought other changes
Along with this change, Google brought a few more to the app. For starters, the Create Group option is now housed in a pill-shaped button. Also, you won’t find the labels on the right of the screen.
This is a small change to the software, and it’s not a game-breaker. However, it would have been nice if Google hadn’t changed it.