With Google Messages, you can customise your experience, ensure private conversations and enjoy the latest AI features.
Highlights
Express yourself in every chat.
Selfie GIFs
Strike a pose and hit send.
Add a fun personal touch to your chats by recording a 3-second animated video that you can share.
Customization
Ditch the default and choose your colours.
Customise your experience with different colours, emojis and themes, and add extra effects to every conversation.
Photomoji
Snap and share your own customised emoji.
Quickly and easily turn your favourite images into emoji that you can share within your chats.
RCS
Hello hi-res, goodbye blur.
With RCS, you can send and receive high-res photos and videos. You'll also know when friends have seen your message or when they're typing a response.*
*In supported conversations when RCS chats are available and turned on.
Selfie GIFs
Strike a pose and hit send.
Add a fun personal touch to your chats by recording a 3-second animated video that you can share.
Customization
Ditch the default and choose your colours.
Customise your experience with different colours, emojis and themes, and add extra effects to every conversation.
Photomoji
Snap and share your own customised emoji.
Quickly and easily turn your favourite images into emoji that you can share within your chats.
RCS
Hello hi-res, goodbye blur.
With RCS, you can send and receive high-res photos and videos. You'll also know when friends have seen your message or when they're typing a response.*
*In supported conversations when RCS chats are available and turned on.
Features
Everything that you need.
Built right in.
Privacy and security
Save your chats from spammers.
Keep your messages secure with high-quality privacy controls, spam protection and RCS-enabled data encryption.
AI in Messages
What you want to say, powered by Google AI.
Turn your fave photos into reactions, set the vibe of your chats and more! Try them out.
Connectivity
Keep the conversation going across your devices.
Switch from your phone to your tablet to your smart watch during the same conversation, without any interruption.
Customisation
Text it like you talk it.
Message with your own personality and voice by creating emojis, picking chat colours and making animated effects pop.
Helpful
Text smarter, not harder.
Get suggested replies, helpful reminders and nudges, and enjoy automatic noise cancellation.
Privacy and security
Save your chats from spammers.
Keep your messages secure with high-quality privacy controls, spam protection and RCS-enabled data encryption.
AI in Messages
What you want to say, powered by Google AI.
Turn your fave photos into reactions, set the vibe of your chats and more! Try them out.
Connectivity
Keep the conversation going across your devices.
Switch from your phone to your tablet to your smart watch during the same conversation, without any interruption.
Customisation
Text it like you talk it.
Message with your own personality and voice by creating emojis, picking chat colours and making animated effects pop.
Helpful
Text smarter, not harder.
Get suggested replies, helpful reminders and nudges, and enjoy automatic noise cancellation.
Try Google Messages.
Keep what matters.
Keep your data, contacts and chats, and enjoy seamless texting with friends and family, regardless of their device.
FAQs
Get the answers that you need.
Android users can download Google Messages from the Google Play Store.
From there, you can download Google Messages to any Android phone or WearOS device.
For desktop or tablet, simply visit messages.google.com and pair your Android device to get started.
RCS stands for 'Rich Communication Services' and is the modern messaging technology standard. RCS offers an upgraded messaging experience by adding features like high-quality photos and videos, typing indicators and read receipts. RCS capabilities go beyond traditional SMS (short message service).
To sign up for beta testing, you must first have Google Messages installed. Once that has been completed, go to the Google Messages page of the Google Play Store and select 'Join' or 'Become a beta tester' at the bottom of the page.
*Please note that beta testing availability may vary based on your region.
For conversations between Google Messages users, end-to-end encryption is now enabled on your Android phone by default.
