Google is ramping up its messaging efforts by adding a much-awaited feature to its built-in text messaging app. The recent update to Google Messages finally adds a definite RCS label alongside ...

Google Messages' upcoming Insights feature will use Gemini to summarize shared links with a concise, three-point summary.

Samsung Messages being dead and gone also means it stopped receiving updates—including security updates. In other words, ...

Google has added PDF support to RCS messages in Google Messages, starting with India. Businesses can now send tickets, invoices, and receipts via PDF directly in chats. One of the perks of using ...

Google Messages, one of the few popular apps that embrace Rich Communication Services (RCS), keeps improving through regular updates designed to improve user experience. Although popularity has been ...

Open a browser and go to Google Messages. Sign in with your Google account details. When you enter your Google login information, it shows a random emoji. Open the Messages app on your smartphone.

The Google Messages app might get a new “Details” button in the RCS settings page. Tapping this button will show details, like the status code, device ID, and carrier, needed to diagnose the RCS issue ...

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Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google's been a big proponent of RCS, the standard that modernizes text messaging with features like high-quality media, typing ...

The main change is how Google highlights RCS users. If a contact has RCS turned on, you’ll see an RCS badge next to their name. Their number will also show up in your phone’s dynamic color theme. On ...

Google is rolling out a “More content” button for RCS messages with rich card carousels in its Messages app. The new button will expand rich card carousels into a full-screen, swipeable view to show ...

Google Messages is adding a trash folder for deleted texts, bringing it in line with iMessage and other messaging apps.