Google Messages will soon save you from opening web pages — here’s how Insi

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TL;DR

• The upcoming “Insights” feature in Google Messages will use Gemini to provide a concise, three-point summary of shared links.
• The feature will be able to use both the provided link information and external web searches, and it will notify the user if it retrieves data from outside sources.
• Dual-SIM users will soon get a clearer interface, with the SIM carrier name returning to the compose box.

When we previously spotted Google Messages’ upcoming Insights feature, there were barely any clues about its functionality. We presumed that Insights would provide a quick summary of the web page, and to that extent, our presumption is correct. We now have more details about the output you can expect when you press the Insights button, as well as other changes that Google is working on in the Messages app.

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More details about the upcoming Insights feature

With Google Messages v20251103 beta, we’ve spotted these strings that reveal instructions for Gemini, guiding it on how to provide this summary:




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