Google Messages axes ‘Nudges’ and birthday alerts

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Key Points:

  • The Android version of the Android Google Messages has gotten rid of its “Nudges” feature, which helps people remember their birthdays and gives reminders when replies are overdue.
  • Nudges were an additional effective feature of the application that was added in 2022. In most cases, it reminded users to respond to a particular message or remember a friend’s or acquaintance’s birthday.
  • Nudges were not mentioned in the previous version of this update as they were not active, representing a change to the other smart features already available such as Smart Reply and Suggestions.

Google Messages for Android, once hyped because of the “Lead Nudges” feature built into it since 2022, has now made a U-turn as it cut the same tool. At first, designed as a reminder function for the end users, this feature, however, has become one of the features that is going to be removed by the recent amendments.

The first category comprises actions-oriented communication tools to ensure prompt replies are the best idea. Adopting sophisticated machine learning models, Google Messages by default would recommend to the users to answer back the previous messages that otherwise probably the hurried user might neglect, thus categorically placing such conversations at the top of the list of the messaging application.

The next type of lightened load sought was birthday announcing which was crafted by entering into the phone’s calendar/contacts app. This attribute activated the feature directly on the phone, not utilizing Google’s servers, which means that now we photograph an important step from its workability.

Along with the lack of Nudges, Google Messages still gives you tons of smart features like Smart Reply and the ability to add other actions like recently photographed items or video calls. Such Nudges that might have helped be reduced most significantly, since the willingness to assist was not stated as part of the criteria in the earlier stages.

This move falls in the wake of when Google Messages previously simplified its features set, the removal of the Assistant integrations for 2023 being another clear example. Nevertheless, Google Contacts is still a viable option for neglecting some other stuff, however, it’s the final day of the age of the AI Nudges, the golden era in Google artificial intelligence apps.