Google Messages
Messages is Google's communications app for Android to helps send and receive SMS and MMS messages. You can also send group texts as well as your favorite pictures, videos and even audio messages to your contacts.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- Android Wear
Features
- End-to-End Encryption
- Cloud Sync
- SMS Messaging
- Messages
- Text messaging
- Desktop Application
Tags
- RCS (Rich Communication Services)
- Messaging
- sms-clients
- text-messenger
- messaging-apps
- rcs
- Smartphone Messaging
- sms-applications
- messaging-app
- sms-messenger
- sms-client
- send-sms-messages
- text-messengers
Google Messages News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Messages
Apple to support end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging soonApple has announced plans to integrate end-to-end encryption (E2EE) into its support for Rich Commu...
- Maoholguin published news article about Android
Google introduces new AI-driven scam detection features for Android phonesGoogle has introduced new AI-driven scam detection features for Android users, focusing on identify...
- Maoholguin published news article about Google Messages
Google Messages Introduces Snapchat-Like Face Filters for Photos and VideosGoogle is enhancing its Google Messages app for Android by adding Snapchat-like face filters. This ...
Recent activities
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- Asumeh reviewed Google Messages
It's absolutely unfortunate that right now, this is the only messenger app with end-to-end encryption... but only between two people using Google Messages. (If you're texting an iOS user, the messages won't actually be encrypted despite Apple using RCS along with Google.) Being a Google app, it takes its toll in terms of privacy (meaning it's just bad at it). It's even worse in terms of security mostly thanks to SMS still being a thing. Unfortunately, that's what most Android messenger apps...
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What is Google Messages?
Messages is Google's communications app for 
Android to helps send and receive SMS and MMS messages. You can also send group texts as well as your favorite pictures, videos and even audio messages to your contacts.
FEATURES
• Faster sharing: Select or take pictures and videos directly from the app and share easily. You can even send audio messages to your contacts. • Easy search: Search through contacts and conversation threads to find exactly what you are looking for. • Purposeful design: New, fluid, material design that is intuitive and delightful. • More control: Ability to block SMS senders. No interruptions when you don’t want them! • More features: audio messages, emoji support 😃, stickers, location sharing, colored text threads, message archiving and more.
Google Messages information
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Google Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 3.1Alternatives
37 alternatives listedNews
18 news article related to Google MessagesSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
You can text from your pc with an android phone :)
It's absolutely unfortunate that right now, this is the only messenger app with end-to-end encryption... but only between two people using Google Messages. (If you're texting an iOS user, the messages won't actually be encrypted despite Apple using RCS along with Google.) Being a Google app, it takes its toll in terms of privacy (meaning it's just bad at it). It's even worse in terms of security mostly thanks to SMS still being a thing. Unfortunately, that's what most Android messenger apps still use since it remains the only communication system widely available (as far as I know). Signal, SimpleX, and other more secure messaging apps don't use that communication system.
It does have a positive in that it allows you to use it on the web (on a PC browser), and without logging in to Google via device pairing. Won't be much use for me unfortunately since I'm blocked from accessing Google-owned domains on my computer (for now).
I'll TL;DR on this one btw: If you care about secure messages between friends and family, stick with Google Messages. If you care about distancing yourself from Google at the cost of using SMS instead, I'd suggest you find an open-source messenger app for the job (such as Fossify).
I dislike the lack of customization. Boring. Doesn't allow for different background pictures for each message. Too easy to select wrong message since they all look the same.
Closed source and owned by Google
Works ok for SMS features, but constant push to use "Rich Messages" RCS protocol, which it confusingly doesn't call RCS are annoying(It calls it simply 'Messages with chat features). The buttons for those questions are placed in such a way that it's easy to enable RCS, when you don't want to use it.
Preinstalled on android, Easy to use, has dark mode, message for web
I am happy with the app on my mobile phone. However, the "messages for web" feature, which allows one to read and send messages from a computer web browser and which is very important to me, requires constant re-connection via scanning a QR code on the computer screen from within the phone app. Quite frequently the result of attempting to reconnect like this is, "Something went wrong. Try again in a few minutes." Unfortunately waiting a few minutes rarely is sufficient and I have been unable to determine what actions ARE sufficient to get this working again. This has been an outstanding issue for the last six months on Google's support site with no adequate response from Google in that time.