Google Messages Will Let You Disable Pinch-To-Zoom Gesture

Google Messages could presently let you disable the pinch-to-zoom gesture. An APK teardown of the latest version (v20220121) of the app revealed this upcoming feature. It will probable roll out to the public in a few weeks.

Google introduced the pinch-to-zoom gesture in the Messages app last June. It allowed users to quickly resize the text by pinching on the screen, like increasing the text size on a web page or zooming in on an paradigm. Along with the text, things like timestamps, message bubbles, quick-answer prompts, and the compose field also modify in size. This is a handy characteristic to have, specially for people who have issues with eyesight.

Yet, there'southward a problem with this feature too. Information technology is enabled past default and yous tin can't turn it off. This could allow for accidental triggers, which could be frustrating at times. Thankfully, Google is at present nearly to prepare it.

Google Letters is adding a setting to disable pinch to zoom

Co-ordinate to 9to5Google, who performed this APK teardown, the latest version of Google Messages has a hidden toggle option in settings with the following clarification: Pinch to zoom conversation text. The publication could enable this hidden characteristic and it works equally you'd expect. The toggle lets you turn on/off the pinch-to-zoom gesture.

When you turn it off, Google Messages does not respond to compression gestures on the screen. And then this will prevent accidental triggers if you don't utilize this characteristic. For those who find the pinch-to-zoom gesture helpful, they can continue to utilise information technology as before. Peradventure there's something new for them as well. Google Messages holds onto the current text size if you disable the gesture from the new toggle. And so yous tin can lock the app to the text size that you are nigh comfortable with.

Google Letters does currently use any size changes that you make to the currently-open chat to all conversations. However, the aforementioned problem of accidental triggers could unintentionally modify that. So the new toggle is helpful to everyone, those who use the pinch-to-zoom gesture likewise as those who don't. Note that pinch-to-zoom doesn't affect icons, on-screen buttons, contact avatar, carte texts, and the master list view of chats.

Every bit said before, this new toggle in Google Letters was spotted in version 20220121 of the app, which is currently rolling out to beta testers. Nonetheless, the feature is hidden and isn't available publicly yet. Simply since information technology appears to be ready for prime time, it couldn't be long before a public rollout begins.