At Google I/O in Could 2023, the corporate introduced a Magic Compose characteristic for Google Messages. Because the title suggests, it’s a generative AI software that permits you to create contextually related replies to messages. After limiting it to the US for a number of months, Google is now rolling out the characteristic internationally.
Magic Compose is now obtainable to extra Google Messages customers
Google rolled out Magic Compose to Google Messages beta customers on the finish of Could. At launch, the characteristic was “solely obtainable in English on Android telephones with US SIM playing cards.” Whereas an official assist web page nonetheless states this limitation, there have been reviews just lately that the brand new AI software has made its solution to some European nations, together with France and the UK.
This hinted at a world rollout and it was. Whereas the corporate hasn’t formally introduced it, 9to5Google confirms that Magic Compose is now obtainable to Google Messages customers in markets outdoors the US. The AI software remains to be in beta, although. Your Android telephone should have the beta model of the Messages app put in to get Magic Compose. Google additionally recommends you put in the beta model of Provider Companies.
Moreover, you should be 18 years or older and signal into Messages together with your Google account to entry the characteristic. Even in case you meet all of those standards, there isn’t a assure that Magic Compose will probably be obtainable to you. Google One Premium members get precedence entry to the AI software. Staying within the beta program may enhance your probabilities as extra spots change into obtainable over time.
Magic Compose can create replies and alter tones
As soon as obtainable to you, the Magic Compose button will present as much as the left of the textual content field on the outdated compose UI fn Google Messages—it’s a message icon with a tiny sparkle on the high. When you’ve got obtained the redesigned UI, which is presently in beta, the seems on the proper facet of the textual content field.
If you faucet this button, Messages will ship as much as 20 of your earlier messages, together with emojis, reactions, hyperlinks, picture captions, and voice transcriptions, to Google servers—messages with attachments, voice messages, or photographs aren’t despatched. AI will then work its magic to generate related and contextual replies. You get a number of options. The chosen suggestion is positioned within the textual content field so you possibly can edit it earlier than sending it.
The corporate assures that it “discards the messages from the servers” as quickly as AI processes them to generate replies. It doesn’t hold messages “to coach machine studying fashions.” In the meantime, when you’ve got already typed up a reply, Magic Compose helps you rephrase it into seven totally different tones or kinds: Remix, Excited, Chill, Shakespeare, Lyrical, Formal, or Quick.
