Google has been steadily improving the Google Messages experience on Android, adding relevant new features to make messaging more fun. Unfortunately, it has now shown the same love for the Messages' companion Wear OS app, which lacks several basic features.

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Google Messages has restored Ultra HDR image support in beta code, fixing the original 2023 version by rendering HDR brightness directly in chat thumbnails.