Google Messages ‘Magic Compose’ AI can reply to friends – or write them a song

Here’s a first take a look at the upcoming generative AI-powered “Magic Compose” function coming to Google Messages, which can write a significant reply to a message or wax poetic with a song.

Earlier this yr, our APK Insight crew reported on a new AI technology function coming quickly to Google Messages. At the time, it was a easy button that crammed within the textual content field with a “TODO” message from the builders. Since then, it appears the corporate has made vital progress on the function forward of its upcoming Google I/O convention, which is anticipated to be residence to quite a few AI-related bulletins.

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In new screenshots shared with 9to5Google, we study that the brand new AI-generated replies function for Google Messages might be known as “Magic Compose.” By comparability, a comparable function in Google Docs and Gmail makes use of the extra straightlaced identify “Help me write.” This branding provides Google Messages a bit extra of a whimsical vibe, affirming the distinction between the consumer-focused app and its Workspace counterparts.

This sense of caprice additionally carries via into the execution of Magic Compose. When rewriting a message – executed with a sparkled pencil button within the message composition space – you’ll be provided to choose a new type, starting from typical (e.g., “Formal”) to pleasant (e.g., “🤩 Excited”). One notably enjoyable (or maybe unhinged) type is “🎶 Lyrical,” which generates a Seussian and generally nonsensical poem out of your immediate.

Or, for those who don’t have an preliminary reply in thoughts, Magic Compose can use the context of the dialog to counsel a reply. (Note the inclusion of “chalk” in some solutions.) In apply, it appears to supply replies which are a bit extra in-depth and related than Smart Reply in Google Messages in the present day.

In the settings for Google Messages, Magic Compose seems on the identical web page as present options like Smart Reply and Nudges. Like lots of Google’s different AI-powered options, it’s given a outstanding “Experiment” label in the identical type as seen on the Bard web site. At the underside of the web page, it’s clarified that Magic Compose requires an web connection, in contrast to the opposite options which run domestically in your telephone.

Magic Compose solutions range by dialog and are generated on Google’s servers. Carrier expenses apply. Other solutions are generated on machine.

Judging from how totally developed the function appears to be, we imagine there gained’t be a lot of a look ahead to Magic Compose to start rolling out to the general public. As all the time, your finest guess for getting entry to these sorts of options early is to enroll for beta testing by way of the Play Store.

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