Google Messages will auto-delete OTPs and sort like Gmail, but only in India

Google Messages will auto-delete OTPs and sort like Gmail, but only in India
By Jon Porter

OTPs can be set to delete automatically after 24 hours. | Image: Google

Google is updating its Messages app in India to allow it to delete one-time passwords (OTPs) automatically, to stop the single-use codes from clogging up your inbox, the company has announced. Alongside it, Google also says the app will be able to sort messages into categories, keeping your personal correspondence away from notifications about bank transactions and special offers.

As someone that almost exclusively uses WhatsApp for personal communication, my phone’s default texting app is typically a graveyard of six-digit codes, which by design become useless mere minutes after they’re received. Having the ability to automatically delete them after 24 hours should make Messages less cluttered and more usable.

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June 29, 2021 at 04:21PM
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