Google Messages is developing a native backup and restore tool, similar to WhatsApp, offering a dedicated in-app solution rather than relying solely on system-wide Google One backups. The upcoming ...

Google Messages is working on an in-app backup option. Backup settings in Messages now look like they’ll include information on your available Google storage. If you’re running low ...

Google Messages users can now replace a contact's Google account profile picture with one of their own choosing. This allows you to revert a recent change where, when a contact associated their ...

Late last year, Google widely rolled out “profile sharing” wherein you set what name and contact photo other people see in the Messages app. This resulted in people seeing different profile ...

The Android texting app will once again allow you to set a custom name and photo for each of your contacts instead of sticking to what’s in their Google profile. The Android texting app will ...

Google is adjusting the “profile sharing” feature in its Google Messages app to allow users to set custom contact names and photos on their own devices for their stored contacts and others ...

Like most Google apps, Messages A/B tests many features. However, it takes the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch these capabilities in stable even after they are announced.

The latest Google Messages beta supports MLS encryption, RCS’s next step toward E2EE interoperability across apps and platforms. We managed to enable MLS for one-on-one RCS conversations in Goog ...

Google sent the tech world into a tailspin last week with a series of updates announced for its super-popular messaging app, Google Messages. Yet just days later, all those updates were rescinded, ...