GoKawiilJoe Maring / Android Authority
TL;DR Google Messages beta (v20260306) is introducing the ability to copy specific parts of a message.
Users can now long-press and drag to select text instead of being forced to copy the entire message.
The feature currently appears to be in a staged rollout and has been spotted on some devices.
Given that Google Messages is the default messaging app on many Android flagships these days, some improvements couldn’t arrive sooner. Users have long complained about a simple oversight in Google Messages: the ability to copy a part of the message, and Google has taken its own sweet time to address this limitation. We finally spotted the company working on a fix last month, and now the ability to copy a part of the message is beginning to roll out to some users in the beta branch.
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With Google Messages v20260306 beta, we’re now able to copy a specific part of a text message on one of our devices (OnePlus 13R).
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This is very likely a staged rollout, as we can’t see the same ability on some of our other phones, even though we’re on the same Messages app version.
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