Google Messages

Google LLC

About this app

Google Messages is the official Google app for messaging over Rich Communication Services (RCS) with fallback to SMS/MMS. Get more done in your messages with one-tap calendar reminders and emoji replies, and keep your conversations secure with spam protection and end-to-end encryption so you can focus on connecting with the people and businesses you care about — no matter what device they use.

Know when friends are typing or when they've read your message, share high-resolution images and videos, easily add people to a group chat, and experience an all-around richer messaging experience.

End-to-end encryption secures your eligible communications, so no one (including Google and third parties) can read or view your messages and attachments except the person you’re messaging.

If a website is suspicious or unsafe, you’ll be warned before clicking any links. You can also block and report potential spammers to help stop unwanted and fraudulent messages.

Share high-resolution videos directly from your Google Photos library.

Keep the conversation going no matter what device you're on. Enjoy RCS chats with friends on your phone, computer, Android tablet, or smart watch with the Messages app.

Access suggested replies, one-tap calendar reminders, link sharing, and more without leaving your message. Reply quicker and get more out of your conversations with smart actions.

Suggested responses, gifs, and emojis make conversations faster and more fun. Reply back to messages with just a tap and keep the conversation going.

App also available on Wear OS

Ratings and reviews

Messages is not working. Not clear on how long but first noticed yesterday at noon. I have tried uninstalling app. Leaving Beta program. Clearing memory and cache. Reinstalling app. Nothing works. I have not performed factory reset. Would love some assistance as this is extremely inconvenient for my work. this is the second time this happened, although previous fix is not working. Thank you for your help.

Works fine. Lacks Organization. My previous message system was not available on new phone, so switched to this. All messages pile on top of each other in one list. Can't separate, sort,or prioritize contacts or conversations. It's hard to keep up on or find messages, especially when I'm getting lots of incoming messages. Help said to go the Organize Messages in my settings, but there was only one option available for my phone, and it didn't actually organize anything. Works overall, not optimal

The app is a bit buggy still and it's become more difficult to select a contact in a group message. - Edit: The main bug I still run into is 1 out of 30 times when I click send for a message, it sends the message but keep the text in my typing field as well. From a group message, I'd prefer a quicker way to switch to a 1 on 1 message with someone in the group. It's very roundabout as it is. Oh also searching texts does not allow a "contains" search option rather than a whole-word search. No good