As highlighted by A ndroid Authority, the new message animation was spotted in Google Messages 20250115_03_RC00 beta.

These are some of the ways through which one can create a less chaotic chat environment especially when using media content. Greater Control: It gives the user an opportunity to control the animations ...

Users will have more control over their chat ... animations play in different groups and chats. This updated functionality gives you even more power than the last one to choose which messages ...

WhatsApp is working on a feature to manage chat message animations! As per WABetaInfo, this feature will allow users to manage the animations of emojis, stickers and GIFs easily. If autoplay is turned ...