Google Messages full screen effects are coming back

 Google Messages fullscreen Screen Effects rolling back out              

With the “Show expressive animations” ON/OFF setting now widely rolled out, Google Messages is rolling fullscreen Screen Effects back out. Screen Effects briefly take, a few seconds, over the Google Messages app when you send or receive certain phrases in both SMS and RCS conversations. With the “Show expressive animations” setting now widely rolled out, Google Messages is once again rolling out full-screen effects. Screen effects occur briefly (for a few seconds) on the Google Messages app when you send or receive certain phrases in SMS and RCS conversations. They were first introduced in late November and popped up earlier this year, but were removed after that.

This expressive feature is now back, and works with more triggers. As of today, we’re seeing them in both the stable (version 20240621_00_RC00) and beta channels. It comes as users can now disable Screen Effects, along with Reaction Effects and Animated Emoji.

Booo: Tomatoes, with at least three o’s required 

Congratulations: Balloons and confetti

Going to the beach: Waves + various objects

Hahahaha: Tube man. Four ha’s required 

Rise and shine: The sun, quite charming

Curiously, “I love you” and “Sounds good” no longer work. It’s possible that those phrases are too common in daily conversation. Google originally promised “15+ hidden Screen Effects prompt words.”