In another change, the carousel that now appears when you tap the search bar in the Messages app is replaced with a grid that gives you options to select Starred, Images, Videos, Places, Links, Unread, Known, and Unknown. The update is found on version 20230608_01_RC00 of the Google Messages app that was released yesterday to those subscribed to the Android 14 Beta Program.
To see which version of Messages is on your Android phone, go to Settings > Apps > See all xxx apps and scroll down to Messages. From the App info page, once again you’ll scroll down to the bottom of the screen and you will see the version of the app running on your phone. But just because you win app version Bingo, it doesn’t mean that you’ll have the new look version of Messages on your handset.