iOS 8.3 Group Message notification: "To you..."

[mjz147]

iPhone 6
Sprint
iOS 8.3

Just noticed after the update that when getting a notification via text (for group chat, with message preview turned ON)

The message will start with "to you, and at least 2 other members of the group members names"
Then the second line will actually have the message content.

Seems to me like good idea for multiple group chats, but the whole point of the preview is to...PREVIEW the text, when 1 out of the 2 or 3 lines of text is wasted with contacts name it removes the content of the message.

Example:
I am the phone owner, my name is John smith and this is my phone,
the group chat is:

John Smith (Me)
Russell Tree
Jeff Smart
Don Free

When I am in an app/lock screen and I receive a text from Russell for example, the text preview/notification will look like this:

Russell Tree
To you, Jeff Smart, Don Free...
Hey what are your plans tonight?

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Edit: How do I remove this, if possible, to just the Senders, name and the message?

 

[afsnyder]

iPhone 6
Sprint
iOS 8.3

Just noticed after the update that when getting a notification via text (for group chat, with message preview turned ON)

The message will start with "to you, and at least 2 other members of the group members names"
Then the second line will actually have the message content.

Seems to me like good idea for multiple group chats, but the whole point of the preview is to...PREVIEW the text, when 1 out of the 2 or 3 lines of text is wasted with contacts name it removes the content of the message.

Example:
I am the phone owner, my name is John smith and this is my phone,
the group chat is:

John Smith (Me)
Russell Tree
Jeff Smart
Don Free

When I am in an app/lock screen and I receive a text from Russell for example, the text preview/notification will look like this:

Russell Tree
To you, Jeff Smart, Don Free...
Hey what are your plans tonight?

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Edit: How do I remove this, if possible, to just the Senders, name and the message?

Can't. Didn't it use to read the names without "To you.. etc"? Or maybe that didnt show all together.

 

[Ke1ington]

Can't. Didn't it use to read the names without "To you.. etc"? Or maybe that didnt show all together.

It didn't show anything before. Just looked like a normal text.

They did this to prevent people from hastily responding to a group text thinking it was going to one specific person. I think it's a nice feature but I can see where you're coming from.

 

[robmclau83]

It didn't show anything before. Just looked like a normal text.

They did this to prevent people from hastily responding to a group text thinking it was going to one specific person. I think it's a nice feature but I can see where you're coming from.

Yes it didn't show anything before, which was great if you were using smartwatch or fitness tracker with text capabilities. As pointed out in the original post this reduces the amount of readable lines available for the actual message.

If apple does not want to remove this function they should at least give us the choice to turn it off.

 

[GreyOS]

This was addressed very recently in this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1871300/

I just had a thought since then though. It was stated that the main advantage of this is that you can see who you're replying to before you quick reply. However Apple could make it so it only shows the To names when you drag down to quick reply?