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

1. Open Messages. 2. Tap into a chat with a saved contact. 3. Tap either the person's or group's name near the top of the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls, and it can ...

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

The ability to unsend a dangerous typo in messaging apps, or even in emails, is a godsend. Services like WhatsApp, iMessage, and Messenger have offered it for years. But it wasn't until 2025 that ...

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 ...

Most of us have received a call from a random number. At times, it's someone accidentally misdialing, but spam robocalls are ...