Google Messages

Google LLC

About this app

Google Messages is the official Google app for messaging. Google Messages is revolutionizing how a billion users connect and is powered by Rich Communication Services (RCS), the industry standard for texting that replaces SMS and MMS. With RCS, you can share high resolution photos and videos, enjoy dynamic group chats, and seamlessly connect with other RCS users including your iPhone friends.

• Rich Communication: Share high-quality photos and videos, see when friends are typing, and enjoy dynamic group chats that now seamlessly include your iPhone friends.
• Personal Touch: Make conversations uniquely yours with features like custom chat bubble colors or fun selfie gifs.
• Privacy Matters: Rest easy knowing your personal chats are protected with end-to-end encryption between Google Messages users, so no one (including Google and third parties) can read or view your messages and attachments except the person you’re messaging. Plus, enjoy advanced spam protection.
• AI-Powered Messaging: Craft the perfect message with Magic Compose suggestions and our latest AI features.
• Seamless Across Devices: Start a chat on your phone and continue it effortlessly on your tablet or computer. The app is also available on Wear OS.

Google Messages is more than just messaging; it's a richer, safer, and more expressive way to connect.

App is also available on Wear OS. Availability of RCS varies by region and carrier and a data plan may be required. Availability of features varies by market and device and sign up for beta testing may be required.

Ratings and reviews

edit: these issues remain, but a minor improvement has been made in that at least you can see which sim cards the message is being sent from now, but still cannot distinguish which sim received or sent a message. I am forced to use this app on my Samsung but it is so frustrating that it is not able to have separate boxes for different sim cards, or at least be able to clearly distinguish them!

latest app updates ruining it. used to be would tap a text and it would show the time sent. now you've got to pull the messages to the side, the times don't stay so it's hard to take screenshots of messages with their associated times. the changes being made aren't helpful they're actually making what was an easy app to use, more complicated and difficult. cumbersome and tedious. please put it back to the way it was so we don't have to keep trying to hold messages to the left for the time sent

I used to have Messenges installed and liked it. you could customize the way the chat looked (bubble color, background images, etc...). I was forced to Google messenges. You can not customize the chat room at all. I have spent hours trying to find any way to at least change the bubble colors and nope. you're stuck with what they give you. My older eyes have a hard time following the chats with black bubbles and a black background, or white on white. I'll be looking for a different one. Too bad

What’s new

• Bug fixes and stability improvements.