True or False: Fast field updates should be used when creating an automation to send a message to record owners.

Using fast field updates for the purpose of sending a message to record owners is not appropriate. Fast field updates are designed for quick updates to certain fields during record processing, particularly in workflow rules, but they do not inherently support actions like sending notifications or messages.

To effectively communicate with record owners, either through emails or other forms of alerts, you would typically employ workflows, process builders, or flows that can handle such notifications within their automation capabilities. Fast field updates don't offer the necessary features for message dispatching and are limited to updating fields without providing an accompanying notification mechanism. Therefore, the assertion that fast field updates are suitable for sending messages to record owners is false.