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TL;DR Google Messages is working on new support for custom chat wallpapers.
In addition to the still wallpapers we’ve seen, it also appears this mode will support GIF animations.
We’re also getting a first look at wallpapers in Messages dark mode.
Last week, we brought you news of one of the more exciting Google Messages features we’ve seen in a while, with the app getting ready to introduce new support for custom chat wallpapers. Beyond just being able to assign a custom color palette to each chat, Messages should soon let users select from a variety of background wallpaper options, or just choose a pic of their own to use. If you’ve been curious about what kind of images will be supported there, we’ve got a very interesting update to share.
Beyond just supporting still images like JPGs you shoot with your phone’s camera, custom wallpaper in Google Messages will also work with animated GIFs.
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We loaded up a test phone with a bunch of animated GIFs to see just how well this works, and the answer seems to be “quite nicely”:
Admittedly, there’s the real possibility for a poorly chosen GIF to make for an impossibly distracting chat background — but choose your animated GIF wisely, and there’s a lot of potential here to really liven up the look of your chats.
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