When you hold down on a message in Google Messages, the default SMS app for many Android phones, the way the options appear has changed. Previously, a long press would bring up a toolbar at the top of the screen with three visible actions and the rest hidden in a menu. Now, a floating menu appears next to the message bubble, showing all available options, each with an icon. This update was spotted by 9to5Google, a website that focuses on Google-related news, in the stable version of the app this Thursday. The new menu includes options like reply, forward, copy, favorite, delete, select other messages, and view info. For messages containing photos, two additional options—Save and Remix—appear. Remix is an AI-based image editing tool developed by Google. One of the most useful updates is the ability to copy only part of a message. In the past, users had to copy the entire message if they wanted to extract an address or a phone number, which required pasting and then manually deleting the extra text. Now, users can press and swipe over the text to highlight a specific part, making the process more efficient. Other changes are mostly visual: when the menu is open, the conversation background becomes blurred, and the last selected message is refocused with a small animation and a vibration. However, the row of emojis and the Photomoji shortcut—which turns a photo into a personalized emoji—remain unchanged. This update follows a series of recent improvements to Google Messages. In late August, the app introduced new customization options, and real-time location sharing was added in early September. Google is also working on a more user-friendly one-handed interface, which was spotted in a test version on September 22. The availability of the new menu depends on Google's servers, so some users might not see it immediately. If the update hasn’t appeared, users can try restarting the app by going to Android settings, opening the app info for Messages, tapping "Force Stop," and then restarting the app.