By @Adamya_s
Publication Date: 2026-02-17 04:38:00
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google Messages is finally working on letting you select and copy a part of a message instead of the whole thing.
- Users have been asking for this small but convenient feature for a long time.
- We got the feature working on a beta version of Google Messages, indicating a wider rollout should follow soon.
Google Messages is constantly evolving and adding new features, but some long-standing pain points have somehow survived all that progress.
One of the most frustrating issues Messages has had since the very beginning is the inability to copy just part of a message. Well, we now have proof that Google is finally fixing this problem.
While looking through Google Messages version messages.android_20260212_01_RC00.phone.openbeta_dynamic, we spotted a small but meaningful tweak that allows users to select and copy specific portions of an SMS or RCS message, a feature users have been wanting for years.
Right now, long-pressing a message in Google…
