Google today introduced a new feature that combines Android’s guided customization with its advances in generative AI to help people compose more personal messages. The feature, called Magic Compose, was demoed briefly on stage this afternoon at the company’s I/O developer conference, showing how the feature could be used within messages and conversations to rewrite texts in different styles.
To get started with Magic Compose, you’ll need to use Google Messages app and first type your message as your normally would. Then, you’ll select how you want the message to sound, and Magic Compose can adjust the text accordingly. For example, the feature could make the message sound more positive or more professional, or you could just have fun with it and make the message sound like it was “written by your favorite playwright,” aka Shakespeare.
Magic Compose could be handy for those who spent a lot of time communicating through text messages and often have to switch between ...