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Date : Mon Jun 09 2025 14:30:08

Google Messages is finally rolling out its snooze function for chats  heres 
how it works

Date:
Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:08:53 +0000

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After years of not having a snooze function, Google Messages is finally 
rolling out the feature to users.

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Messages is finally rolling out its long-awaited snooze feature for chats, 
Android Police has spotted The feature will allow you to snooze chats for one 
hour, eight hours, or 24 hours, and there's also an 'Always' option You'll 
also be able to set it so that you receive alerts when someone mentions you 
in a chat, though its Mentions feature has yet to be rolled out 

It seems as though Google Messages long-awaited snooze feature is finally 
being rolled out, catching up to the likes of other messaging platforms 
Telegram and WhatsApp. The feature has been spotted in the latest Google 
Messages beta for both SMS and RCS messages, two months after the company 
started working on it . 

According to Android Police , one of the first outlets to spot the feature, 
the new Snooze chat feature appears when you open a contacts page in the 
Google Messages app, which allows you to silence chats for one hour, eight 
hours, 24 hours, or Always. Android Police also added that it will be rolling 
out to selected users, so not everyone will be able to access it right away. 

In addition to the four snoozing options, Android Police also spotted a 
setting that allows you to receive notifications if youre mentioned (@) even 
if a chat has been snoozed. Recently Google has been toying with the idea of 
introducing a mentions feature for chats , and while this isnt available yet, 
Android Authority believes it could be rolled out simultaneously with the 
snooze feature. (Image credit: Android Police) 

There are two ways to enable the Snooze chat function. The first is by going 
to a contacts page and enabling the feature there as mentioned above. 
Alternatively, you can long-press on a chat in your Google Messages inbox and 
a snooze icon will appear in the toolbar as Android Police has tested. 

Since it was released in 2014, Google Messages has never had a function that 
allows you to snooze chats until now. Instead, the only way to silence 
messages and group chats was to silence notifications manually, but that 
meant youd need to manually enable them again and keep tabs on your 
conversations. 

Google Messages snooze feature is just one of its new features. Over the past 
few months the messaging service has been testing a handful of new upgrades, 
many of which are long overdue, including a Delete for everyone un-send 
option . The company has also been paying a lot of attention to upgrading its 
group chat ecosystem, testing out new group chat links and custom group chat 
icons to match similar features found in WhatsApp. You might also like Google 
Messages is getting another wave of updates  here are 8 you can expect to see 
soon Google Messages is finally going to get better at handling your lengthy 
texts Google Messages is getting an unsubscribe button to tackle spam finally!



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/google-messages-is-finally-rollin
g-out-its-snooze-function-for-chats-heres-how-it-works


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