Google Messages will get an essential "mentions" feature that will be especially useful for group chats. More details here.

Our latest APK teardown shows Google Messages is testing a way to roll your group chat icon back to its default look.

We've got some new progress to share about how @mentions are likely to work when Google Messages is ready to introduce them.

To use Gemini in Google Chat, users can either select "Refine" from the toolbar or highlight the text they want to improve and then select "Refine." In its blog post, Google demos the Refine feature ...

Currently, every group in the messaging app has an icon, either one you select or the default grid. You can change the icon, ...

When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls, and it can also screen text messages on your iPhone. With iOS 26, Messages can hide ...

Screenshots obtained and reviewed by The N&O appear to show Chris Clemens using Signal, but don’t show who turned on the auto ...

Not even Samsung’s Galaxy AI is embedded directly in Messages. Features like Writing and Chat Assist and predictive text are built into the Samsung Keyboard. You’ll see the icon as a group of four ...

Android Authority went spelunking through the latest Google Messages beta (version messages.android_20250922_00_RC00) and ...

Hundreds of school children have been added to a group chat on WhatsApp containing what has been described as "inappropriate ...

UPDATE (September 19, 2025): The Google Messages app is now getting camera-free ‘Gallery’ shortcut. Read more about the update at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging ...