We have been hearing rumors about Google bringing message reactions to its RCS messaging since last month. Now, 9to5Google has found information in the code of the latest Google Messages beta version 5.8 that Google will bring “fallback” texts to its messaging along with the reactions.
In Apple’s iMessage, when you react with an emoji to a text you received from a non-iPhone user, they get a text describing your reaction. For example, if they sent you a text, and you reacted to it, they would receive “Liked” or “Laughed” and the content of their message, which is referred to as a “fallback” text.
