However, as of now, its Group Messaging feature seems to be going through a rough patch, at least when used in combination with the Gboard app. Various users have voiced their concern that the Gboard keyboard doesn’t come up or suddenly crashes whenever they are trying to compose a message in a group. Moreover, this issue is only happening inside the default Messages app.
On the other hand, Gboard is working perfectly normal across all the other third-party apps. So the bug isn’t with the keyboard app but has rather infected the messages app. In this regard, if you are also getting bugged with this problem, then this guide shall help you out. In this tutorial, we will make you aware of the instructions to fix the Gboard not opening issue while creating a group text message on Android. Follow along.
How to Fix Gboard Doesn’t Open in Group Text Messages
The issue has started happening right after Google rolled out a recent update to its Messages app. So to rectify it, you will have to downgrade the Message app to the earlier stable version. Apart from that, you will also have to disable the automatic Play Store update for this app, otherwise, it will be updated back to the latest version and hence would nullify this fix. All this have been explained below, do refer to it: So these were the steps to fix the Gboard not opening issue while creating a group text message on Android. As of now, there doesn’t seem to be an acknowledgment from Google, so the aforementioned tweak is your best bet forward. As and when they roll out a patch or give out an ETA for the fix, we will update this guide accordingly. In the meantime, you may drop on your queries in the comments section below.
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