Google Messages gets new features including some from Apple's Messages app

On Wednesday, a feature we told you . Now when Android users receive a chat message, a video, or a photo, they can respond to it in a second. A long press on the message will show a box with animated love, laughter, surprise, sadness, anger, and dislike emoji. The reactions are available on those handsets that have chat features enabled. That is just one change out of a series of five new features now available for the Google Messages app.

For example, if you have Smart Reply enabled, you can now send an animated sticker instead of using your words. The stickers will show up as you ...