Google hands out free upgrade to Android phone owners and it changes texting forever – but there’s a trick to getting it

GOOGLE is rolling out a handy new feature to Android phones – and it's a big change for texting.

The search engine giant is issuing a major update to its Google Messages app.

This new feature will let you edit text messages that you've already sent.

It's an increasingly common feature on rival chat apps, and is finally in testing on Google Messages, as spotted by on Twitter, formerly X.

The catch is that it's currently only rolling out to some beta testers.

Google has been working on the feature for a wild, but it's now arriving on smartphones belonging to regular users.

It's reported that the current time limit for you to be able to edit a message is 15 minutes.

After that, it'll be impossible to change the contents of the text.

JOIN THE BETA!

Joining the beta test for Google Messages is free and easy.

And it unlocks special updates that regular users don't have access to.

Google explains: "If your phone came with the Google Messages app, you can test experimental features of the app before they’re released.