Google Messages

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has discovered evidence that Google Messages could let you join group chats via a link. This would be a major upgrade over the current solution, which requires users to manually ...

Google Message users have been dealing with a pretty annoying issue lately. For some reason, the app was having trouble sending and receiving images and videos, and people have been reporting on it ever since. Well, Google is now working ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has issued a fix for the media sharing problem on Messages. Users have reported slow media transfers and pixelated images, with some experiencing complete media transfer failures. Google says recently rolled-out updates should ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has made a minor UI tweak in the Messages app that turns the send button dark when you begin typing. Some users are noticing that unread conversations now have bigger profile pictures. Instead ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages could soon get a significant design overhaul. We recently gave you an early look at the updated search UI for the messaging app. In its latest beta release, we’ve spotted similar design ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages has been working on a new animation for adding messages to your chats. Rather than rising straight from the bottom, this change has messages expanding from the corners. Do the subtleties of ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages could soon allow users to set up custom icons for RCS group chats. We’ve manually enabled the feature in the latest Messages beta release to give you an early look. Google is ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has discovered a new UI for the “view details” page in Google Messages. This option typically pops up when you long-press a message, giving you more information about it. The ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Google Messages beta has revealed that Google is working on integrating group chats with the Android share sheet. This will allow users to share content to group chats directly from other apps, ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on several tweaks to the search interface in Google Messages. Perhaps the most notable change is that search filters now make better use of empty space. Google Messages offers pretty robust ...