Google Messages link previews may get a new look

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00:00Google Messages link previews may get a new look.

00:04Google might be giving Google Messages a makeover, and it's all about those little

00:07link previews we barely think about until they change.

00:11Android Authority went spelunking through the latest Google Messages beta and uncovered

00:15a handful of experiments that could make your chat threads look snazzier, weirder, or maybe

00:20just different.

00:21Right now, when someone drops a link, you get a neat little card with a title, a short

00:25description, and the URL.

00:28But in this early redesign, if a message contains only the link, the actual URL text disappears

00:33entirely.

00:34Yep, just gone.

00:36Add a few words of commentary, and the link pops back into view like nothing happened.

00:41Clearly Google's still tinkering with the code.

00:44Maybe there are a few oops moments along the way.

00:46The bigger eyebrow raiser is the missing description line.

00:50In the current setup, you get a handy two-line blurb under the article title.

00:53The new design?

00:54Title only.

00:55No blurb.

00:56You can look, but it leaves you guessing what you're about to click.

00:59Not all changes are confusing.

01:01Refreshed previews now pull colors from the article's main image for mood lighting, with

01:05bolder fonts making titles stand out.

01:08A potential new share button could allow one-tap link forwarding.

01:11However, these tweaks are still in beta, and Google may scrap them.

01:15If features like color splash and one-tap sharing roll out, users might tolerate the uncertainty

01:20as long as descriptions are kept.