Google Messages will soon let you use custom icons for RCS group chats, and we've got an early look at the feature in the latest beta release.

Google Messages is working on adding the ability to customize RCS group chat icons, addressing a long-requested feature for personalization. Users will be able to choose images from their device's ...

After first seeing work on it last month, the new animation for adding messages to chats is now rolling out to Google Messages.

What's new in the Google Chat app for Android The changes don't just ... The most obvious change is in the icons at the bottom: instead of Chat and Spaces, there are now icons for Home, your ...

Google has experimented with multiple chat apps over the last decade ... polls for topics like lunch or coffee will include relevant emoji icons in the title, as shown in the animations below.

In its current implementation, Google Messages automatically creates icons for your RCS ... seen within the Contacts app. You simply navigate to the group chat that you want to adorn with a ...