Google is working to increase the customizability of swipe actions in messages

There is come to rely on top-tier productivity shortcuts like auto-adding signatures to emails and customizable swipe actions from Google’s Workspace utilities like Gmail. Google recently discovered that these swipe actions could also help you sort trash in your Messages inbox more quickly. The component is presently acquiring extra adjustable activities that can be characterized for swipe motions.

Gmail added support for swipe gestures in 2018. Although both actions will archive the email by default, the implementation currently allows for the definition of one action for the right swipe and another for the left swipe. As a beta test in July of last year, these swipe actions entered Messages with support for just three basic options: archiving texts, deleting them, and disabling the swipe feature completely.

Now that you can mark texts as read or unread with a single swipe, it appears that Google is testing new swipe actions. On the beta version of the app, version 20230512_01_RC00, the new options can be found under Swipe actions in the Messages settings. However, it is said to be hidden from users of the most recent beta (v20230515). We tried the newer version and saw the same thing. When we went back to the compatible beta build, the setting was gone, which suggests that the change may be a server-side change made by Google.

In the event that this new swipe motion sees a more extensive rollout, it would be a critical element for some individuals, especially we who will quite often understand messages, get diverted, and neglect to answer since the visit string isn’t featured as uninitiated any longer. The swipe actions in Messages would, at the very least, be comparable to those in the Gmail app, ensuring a consistent user experience across all Google apps.

More personalization is never something terrible, so ideally the component fires appearing for additional beta analyzers sooner rather than later.