Google is quietly testing a feature that lets AI write your text replies for you.
Google Messages is reportedly testing a "tap to draft" function that generates longer, context-aware replies within conversations. The feature goes beyond the short smart-reply chips the app has offered for years, producing full-draft responses that users can edit or send. It's still in testing and hasn't rolled out broadly.
Every major platform is racing to put AI into the composition loop - Apple added writing tools to iOS, Samsung ships Galaxy AI on its devices, and Microsoft has Copilot threading through its apps. Google pushing this into Messages matters specifically because it controls the default texting experience on Android, meaning any rollout puts AI-assisted drafting in front of hundreds of millions of users without much ceremony.
Whether people actually want a machine composing their personal texts is a different question - and one nobody shipping these features seems eager to answer.