Google Testing New Messages UI for Easier Sharing to Multiple Chats

Google is testing a new conversation picker UI when sharing from Android's system share sheet to Messages.
The new UI shows recent conversations first, then a full contacts list, and allows selecting multiple recipients.
This replaces the current UI that just shows recent contacts.
The new share sheet and forwarding conversation picker are currently in beta testing.
Google Messages has been installed over 5 billion times, and T-Mobile is switching to Google's Jibe for RCS.

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