Tag: Google Messages

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages could soon introduce a link invite system for group chats. The feature will let users invite new members to a group by sharing a link or QR code. Although not live yet, ...

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR RCS ads have been a thing on Android for a while now, but now, even iPhone users in the US are receiving them. Screenshots show a swipeable carousel ad for a sporting event, but ...

Ever since Google brought RCS to Android phones, Google Messages has slowly gained some new and useful features that make it a better competition for platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram. Lately, Google has been blessing its users with a ton ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Google will update its Find My Device app with Ultra Wideband support for more precise directional tracking. Ahead of that, a screenshot gives us a look at the new UI featuring a ...

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced that over one billion RCS messages are sent in the US every day. This figure comes over six months after Apple adopted the standard on iOS. RCS enables features like high-quality ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Google Messages now detects more scam types like crypto, billing, and tech support frauds. A new Key Verifier feature helps confirm a contact’s identity using encryption and QR codes. Key Verifier rolls ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Google Messages has been working on adding @mentions support in group conversations for a while now. A new report details how the feature will work. In its current version, the feature allows ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has been working on a Mentions feature for Google Messages, and we managed to activate it for a first look. In group chats, users can type @, followed by another user’s name or ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Google Messages update introduced a new bug that’s making contact photos disappear. The issue appears to only affect some beta users and is not widespread. Affected users are still seeing contact photos ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary A visual glitch in the latest Google Messages beta (version 20250505_04_RC00) is causing contact profile pictures to disappear from the chat list for some users, making it harder to quickly identify contacts. ...