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The Latest Breaking News from Google Messages

Your Wear OS smartwatch could soon get a major messaging upgrade

New code found in Wear OS reveals Google could soon bring RCS messaging to smartwatches.

TechRadar

Google Messages might add a special folder for annoying international texts

Google Messages is brewing up a feature to sort texts by their source.

Android Central

Samsung wants you to move to Google Messages, and it's for the best

Samsung is finally doing away with Samsung Messages in a meaningful way, and I hope it’s a sign of what’s to come for the duplicate apps in One UI.

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Samsung making a big change to default apps on Galaxy phones in the US

Samsung is changing the default messaging app on its phones from the Samsung Messages app to Google Messages.

Tom’s Guide

Google Messages is about to fix one of its biggest issues — what you need to know

Google Messages has been compressing your images over RCS, but that may be about to change.

Tom’s Guide

Google Messages is hiding your drafted texts when you leave a conversation

Google Messages was spotted hiding a user's drafted text in the conversation list.

Android Central

Google Message users receive distorted GIFs sent from Apple iPhones

Google Messages has been facing some issues lately, and a new one is now paired up with iPhone users sending distorted GIFs, likely due to a bug.

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First things to do with Google Messages

Google Messages has been around for a while, but with so many improvements and new features coming down the pipe, you might be more enticed to finally use it if you haven't been already.

Android Central

Google Messages users are getting hit with RCS spam texts

If you're receiving gibberish texts on Google Messages, you're not alone.

Android Central

RCS spam texts being sent to Google messages users — here’s what’s happening

Google Messages users on Reddit have posted that they have been receiving strange messages comprised of random letters and numbers.

Tom’s Guide

A cleaner Google Messages text field rolls out to more users

Google has started rolling out its single-line text field redesign for Messages to more users.

Android Central

Google Messages tipped for new feature that reveals the identity behind unknown numbers — what we know

A recent APK breakdown has revealed Google could soon allow its Messenger app to add names of unknown callers to notifications.

Tom’s Guide

Google Messages finally sees voice moods feature in action for RCS chats

Google announced new and exciting features for its messages in November last year. Some of them are finally seeing the light of day.

Android Central

Google Messages is ditching reply and birthday reminders features

Google Messages dropped the "Nudge" and birthday reminder features from its newest beta version.

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Google Messages might let you disable its crazy animations soon

Google Messages might let you ditch its flashy animations and message effects soon.

Tom’s Guide

Android users finally get blue chat bubbles — but there's a catch

Google Messages is rolling out a new feature called Custom Bubbles that lets you change the color of RCS chats.

TechRadar

Google may have just revealed when the iPhone is getting RCS message support

It looks as though the iPhone will adopt RCS sometime in September, October, or November this year.

Android Central

Gemini makes an appearance in the Google Messages beta

Google wants you to text Gemini using Google Messages, and that future is one step closer to becoming a reality. The feature is now rolling out to beta testers of the Google Messages app.

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How to change the color of text bubbles on Google Messages

Google Messages can be boring with the same colors all the time. See how quickly you can give your conversations a new look.

Android Central

Google Messages spotted testing a much-needed change to sending photos

Google has started testing a new attachment page in Messages for users sending photos.

Android Central

Here's a look at what Gemini can do in Google Messages

A dive into Google Messages' latest version shows what users can expect from its Gemini integration.

Android Central

Google Messages snags a new, custom viewfinder for its camera

Google has started rolling out an update for Messages containing its camera UI redesign.

Tom’s Guide

Google Messages just stole one of the best iMessage features

Google Messages users can now send emoji reaction animations, similar to how iMessage does it. The updated app offers 10 different emoji reaction animations to choose from.

Android Central

Google Messages gets new emoji reaction effects

The feature which is available to SMS and RCS helps bring brevity to chats.

TechRadar

Google Messages rolls out emoji reactions to become even more like iMessage

Users of Google Messages have even more visual effects to pick from, with a new update.

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