Google Messages may soon borrow this handy WhatsApp shortcut
A forward button for shared media

Google has been making steady improvements to Messages in a bid to deliver a better texting experience. However, compared to WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram, Google still has much to catch up to. Meta's messaging apps provide a better messaging experience, making it easy to create large groups, easily share media across multiple conversations, and share ephemeral updates through Stories. It looks like Google will soon take a page from WhatsApp’s playbook and introduce a convenient new media forwarding shortcut.