FIRST things you NEED to setup in Google Messages!

[@oneminutewonder77]

Honestly Google have done an excellent job with their platform. I really don't think it needs to care about the entire iMessage deal. Texting my friends with Android phones is now so much better. I just wish that the dynamic themes would have more than just pastel colors.

[@Rennsaiyan13]

Agreed

[@MrOldskool1974]

Exactly!

[@mikethatguy27]

YES!! Agree 100%

[@munibhanu6179]

Hi

[@jaughnekow]

Honestly, google rcs messaging is simple and amazing. The only disadvantage is that it's not automatically updated for supported devices.

[@Influence4lyfe]

And it often is hit or miss. Like my kids have it working but my wife doesn't and we can't seem to get her back on it with us in a group chat and even outside of the group she still doesn't have it with me but has it with others so IDK why it does that once it's equally readily available to all users it'll be the best thing ever

[@kyb7795]

@@Influence4lyfe try getting her on the beta program that worked for me

[@Samp1eTech]

It actually is. I know a lot of people that are using it and when I've mentioned RCS, they look at me like I'm crazy. They never went into settings or anything. It just automatically turns on. I've proven this many times on my own by SIM swapping between devices and making sure I have RCS turned off before swapping my SIM back and it flips RCS on.

[@SayPedia]

Supported device u meant old Android versions?

[@HiddenAgendas]

it also uses up a shit load of battery. I and to uninstall it. No sure why it needs to send thousands of data packets to base every minute. And why the fuck does it have a key logger enabled? Strange! I deleted that shit once my phone notified me of the keylogger built in. I own a Huawei and it so far and detected keyloggers on the Google Messaging app and the Microsoft swiftkey.

[@Wstghntnfk]

Google messages and RCS messages is great. Ever since I've used a smartphone I've wanted the capability to mark a text as unread so I would remember to go back to it. I was so thrilled to see that Google Messages added the Message Reminder feature so if you read a message but can't reply right then you can add a reminder to it and you won't miss it later. I also love that if the AI thinks you should have replied to a message, it will give you a little pop-up asking "hey, do you need to respond to this?!?"

[@dorothycharles5368]

It would be nice if we could add a background for our contacts.

[@jasonelliot9633]

Yes thats why I'm watching this pointless video I want to be able to customize my numbers with a picture of them

[@7PitBullz]

After you type a message if you hold down the send button for a few seconds you get the option to schedule a specific time and date for automatic message delivery

[@ChristopherFawcett-tb3oq]

I'm going to try and make it look good.RCS I'M YOU NOW 5:28

[@donotneed2250]

Yep. Been doing it so long I can't recall when I started.

[@BradfordRussell-m3d]

​@@ChristopherFawcett-tb3oq4:25

[@joelombardi4907]

Great video.....How do I customize the app? Such as colors, themes, etc. All I have as options is light or dark theme. I can't change colors or anything. It would be cool if I could make my text a specific color. Grey seems to be the only option.

[@msmeya5]

I hate that too. I just downloaded today looking for a different app than Verizon Message+. Ugh. 😢 I need some color pop in my text life!

[@fishingindasea]

Can you not change the conversation themes to different colors? And or change it to light theme?

[@amandacrenshaw5182]

Hi! Great tutorial. Can you add photos/customize each persona's rest and conversation bubbles (not the bubbles in there now)?

[@mrmossimop]

I'd like to see Fingerprint security added for google messages

[@nevaron7]

I like message plus, where you can individualize each text message. Here, you do not get that choice. Yes, you can set a notification tone-that is it-no colors, etc.

[@KeithLaursen]

You can schedule a message but no way to delay send. I have a 8 second delay on textra and its amazing what I catch and fix after hitting send.

[@amandabrown2410]

What about setting custom notifications sounds for different people…?

[@AquaStevae]

Why suddenly is there no way to change the background of the messaging window, or the color of the chat bubbles???? WHERE IS GOOGLES ARTISTIC SIDE? Even in this vid, a plain white background with pastel bubbles is BORRRRRRRING!!!!!! Even MicroSoft has more style than that!!! It used to be that I could easily add a custom background, instead of just black or white. Why oh why would Google delete that???? The entire "Background" setting is GONE!!!! WHY???? ALLOW PEOPLE TO CUSTOMIZE AS THEY LIKE GOOGLE!!!!! We should be able to make the conversation bubbles any colors we want, and change their transparency. Give people the power of customizing. It's what the entire phone industry is about. We all customize our phones and every app to our own liking. Why is Google falling behind in these functions????

[@mean_ice2833]

ok kid.

[@Z_3D]

Lol that's what I came to this vid for. Guess it's not an option. Makes my phone feel like a work chat 😢

[@TCave]

calm down 😂

[@caseyall8811]

That is what I wanted to know.

[@samdotter466]

I actually recently Got a whole bunch of notifications to switch over to Google messages. I've always used Samsung and now on my Galaxy Z Fold4 I finally switched over and all the customizations it spoke of in the notification I certainly don't see.

[@johnterdik4707]

do you have an updated video? It seems that Google has enhanced the app since your posting and it is difficult to implement your suggestions, at least for me it is!

[@BTFearr]

Is there a way to assign different notification sounds to different people like you can do in Samsung Messenger?

[@akshaydraj]

That Tim Cook contact in message is 😂

[@dchevalier60]

Detailed but specially looking for how to copy all or part of a text to create a new text. Currently when pressing on the text all I get is emojis

[@khalid_ansari99]

When a message is received, we can view the message in the notification bar without opening the messages app, also there is a button for reply, we can reply from the notification bar itself by tapping on it. How to get a delete button there in the notification bar?

[@seanpfeiffer305]

New phone..... uses Messages and I used to be able to hold down on screen and "Copy" would come up. I need this again. Now it brings up stuopid imogee suggestions. Any ideas?

[@ReidW_LLR]

I am checking some of the things recommended in this video and many features/ settings no longer exist or are changed. As usual with documentation or reviews for software, the information is invalid as soon as it is produced. Perhaps updating the information based on the current version of the app would be more useful for users.

[@paulhere404]

Can't find 'message organisation' on my 8t for the OTP option.

[@veloonbruts9707]

I think its gone.

[@Z_3D]

You can pin to the top I believe that's it

[@the_garniiics]

I wish they would have a bubbles feature that applies to saved contacts only as selecting each individual contact is a bit cumbersome

[@WriterPal]

Honestly, I have been using the default Samsung Messages app since I have a Galaxy S20 FE phone and can use bubbles and RCS but do absolutely miss using custom text alerts for certain friends and family members and wish I could message on my computer with the same app but it only has Google messages and Google messages for web.

[@ibstayfly]

For groupchat whenever I wanna add someone to a group it creates a separate group instead of adding them to the current group why is that Are messages encrypted. Is this app safe and secure to use. If not are there any other secure messaging apps to use Is there a way to reply to a specific person in a group. Like if you only wanna respond to one person I don't have the chat bubble. And when I send messages it doesn't say sent or delivered Thank you for this video very informative. I will try to see if I can enable these features

[@susantmasi]

Did anyone ask about autocorrect? I may have missed it? Great info!

[@TitanTubs]

Does Google leverage some of these features of pixel phones only? I don't see this in Samsung

[@TitanTubs]

Edit. It just showed up when I opened the app again... That's not spooky at all.

[@jeffreybower5959]

i have the s24 ultra and honestly,, i tried this when i first setup my phone and i prefer the facebook messanger bubbles than the google messages chat bubbles!! i just wish that they can allow users to change the chat backgrounds wallpaper on the google messages app that was pre installed!! i used to change these on the samsung messages app on my older samsung phone, but now that old samsung messages app have tooo many ads!!!

[@maxshadow...]

Really the first thing you should do it turn ON phone animations. I turn off all animation on my phone because I want it as fast as possible and don't need to see the process of things moving or sliding or shrinking etc. If phone animations are off then you won't see animated emojis in RCS messaging (example: the"wink" emoji looks like it's just a raised eyebrow smiley). I was using Verizon's Message Plus which is being shut down November 7 2024 so I'm moving to Google Messages.

[@urmanascrewed]

Can you scroll through your conversations quickly like with Samsung messages?

[@cynthiahunter3269]

Is there a way to have a permanent signature automatically on outgoing text messages?

[@benzi_]

I can't see the organization section in message settings. what version of messages is this? (using pix 6)

[@enkidu77]

i have Galaxy S22U .. i don't either have that option.

[@benzi_]

@@enkidu77 even installed beta, its not here.

[@Yinzzy656]

Im on Samsung as well. Have to opt in the beta. I definitely have it.

[@hemajith223]

Same issue here on a Pixel 6 Pro. Organization option is not available.

[@rp9298]

Is there a way around it stopping sync across devices when you turn on chat features? Doesn't seem worth giving up sync.

[@ranaropar]

Hi sometimes we receive notifications from lets say Bank or security company everytime there is an transaction or event. Now we have lots of sms's piled up from one number, you only want to keep only recent ones. In Google messages to delete old messages I need to select each message one by one, or delete all. It will be nice to have an option to quickly select only those messages which we want to delete messages sent from a specific number. However this feature is available in Huawei messages, I tested it on my P40

[@justinengland9814]

It would be amazing it if worked!

[@rnovia80]

if i get a new phone and my old phone has all my text messages on google messages is there a way to transfer them to the new phone. i have stuff in texts that i would not like lose.

[@tajonlewis2706]

How can you change the fonts?

[@Denise-xj8dm]

I have downloaded fonts. Why can't I use them in Google messages. They only work in Samsung messages

[@TheLz89]

I wish they would add divider lines between chats(edit: to show a split between contacts, not the individual chat itself). I dislike the flat continuous display of all chats just there, without any breaks to separate them.

[@mikethatguy27]

Yes! I agree 100% , Drives me crazy.

[@14thabz]

They do need to add "mark message as read" an option for swiping away messages

[@GS-mh6ub]

Why can you no longer switch the Google message font to the preferred font of your choice?

[@aun7511]

i would actually use it this but my family and my friends always use third party massages apps like messenger, line i don't want to force them

[@jibberoverjava]

Does Google Messenger RCS encrypted voice messages from it's own Google data collection or are we unwittingly authoring Google to be the Data Pirate of yet more of our data?

[@fidato_]

I prefer the minimal design of Samsung Messages over Google messages. Nobody uses Google messages here so I am cool with Samsung. But I do feel thta Google should take over so more people can get connected to each other . Google messaging should be the default on every Android phone

[@Aletagantt]

The only problem I have with Google Messages is that when I sent out a group text, the replies come on separately instead of in the group text.

[@MrBala2191]

Another issue with this app is categories not sorted out when reinstalled. Every time it shows sorting still in progress but never happened.

[@LionRoars918]

Can you do a video on how to get notification sounds to work properly in Google Messages ? They don't work on my Pixel 8a. Google is no help as they couldn't fix the issue even after a factory reset. I have had to use another application to get them to work correctly.

[@911soham]

One thing I really don't like, is the google messaging app does not allow you to write a message and save it as a draft without putting a contact details first. If you want to write something you need to choose a contact first then only the writing window appears. its very annoying if you just want to write and save something as a draft.

[@enkidu77]

i am using Galaxy S22 Ultra. The Google Messages app i have in my phone does not have these options you mentioned in your video. Are you using a Pixel phone?? also maybe you are using a beta App of Google Messages??

[@Yinzzy656]

Yes hes on pixel. However if you opt in to the Beta you will get most of those features.

[@aleciles]

Got them on my S21 Ultra, have you turned on Chat features?

[@enkidu77]

@@aleciles yes

[@granthogden4732]

Unfortunately I need to use samsung messages. Mainly because of the categories feature. Eg I liase with several contacts on behalf of several family members I am a semi carer for as for several reasons. So I NEED to have each family member and their medical supports in their categories eg family member A, family member B etc. So until google messages has this I need to stick with samsung messages

[@neorich59]

TBH, everyone I message on a regular basis, uses What's App, so I rarely use the text messaging option and, since I've never liked the onboard Messaging Apps on previous Android phones, I've always downloaded YAATA (and Swiftkey) automatically, as it's really customizable. But, I'll give Google Messages a shot, but I'll still stick with Swiftkey. There's nothing to touch it, IMO.

[@Yinzzy656]

Gboard>Swiftkey sorry

[@neorich59]

@@Yinzzy656 No worries. I think I've tried Gboard and went back to Swiftkey due to the long press options for punctuations etc. Unless I have it wrong, or it's changed, that isn't available on Gboard? With Swiftkey I rarely ever have to "toggle" to get to some of the characters. But, I'll have another look! 😉😉

[@vedanshchn]

On Android, Swiftkey is just horrible. It was great in iOS tho they removed it recently.

[@vedanshchn]

@@neorich59 Gboard has the long press for more punctuation marks since Android 5 days or even before.

[@jessyk2579]

I have used, Gboard and SwiftKey extensively. For sure, the suggestions are better in SwiftKey. Decided to stay with SwiftKey.

[@lunch_nine_one_one]

I switched to this last night because I got some alert to and why can't I customize the bubbles? Wonder if Good Lock will allow me to customize. Anyone know?

[@NelsonTouchett]

Do you know how to remove the "TOAST" notifications that are the major issue IMO for GM

[@Redbone380]

I wonder why in your advance settings on google messages app you have 5 things you can enable, mine only has 3 things to enable

[@curtwest7409]

You guys do such a fantastic job. Outstanding channel. Well done👍.

[@KevinGarcia-Karatzu]

Only problem is I don't have a search bar or profile circle and not sure how to add it. Cannot find anything online.

[@djratino]

Only a few of my friends can receive RCS messages, even though they have RCS capabilities. I have mine set to MMS on my contacts that can not receive them.

[@sheilahazard]

how to set an automatic reply. an 'away' message or 'driving' message

[@aefelton9804]

Can google messages read aloud incoming text messages? Especially when driving?

[@cristianoashok8410]

Do people still use the message app, after my school days I've never seen anyone using these.

[@firstklasshealthandwellnes1077]

I have an S21, and it doesn't have the categories in the Message Organization section. Why is this and will I ever be able to get it??

[@MrGogofoxx]

For some reason i don't have this Message organization option on my pixel 7 pro , so is this feature spacefic to some areas or not rolled out yet to all users ?

[@arvalan]

I also don't have, I guess it regional

[@MrGogofoxx]

@@arvalan yea i thought so too , but when i contacted google support , they made sure it is not regional 😅. So i don't really know anymore

[@MrStrictlyOLED]

My s23 ultra doesn’t have rcs for some reason

[@yiannisd8286]

Good, helpful video. My only advice is to try to speak more clearly because sometimes you go into bursts where you speak fast and your accent is a little hard to understand. Keep making great content!

[@juned_sumra]

Enabling chat features in Google message app will also show ads which is why I unistalled it and currently using samsung message app.

[@kerrisemlow3297]

How do you change the blue color back mine turned brownish or greenish color and I get checked marks below my text messages I send

[@davidkloempkenMN]

Question how do I get the profile pics back? On the main page, you have a list of contacts I chat with, but if I go to one, the photo is there. on the main page, it just changed to their first letter. I didn't change anything help?

[@ExtremelyClever555]

I am using google messages app and whenever I create a group text, and a few minutes later I need to add someone else to it, it creates another group instead of going to the original group. How can I fix this? My phone is a Samsung Galaxy Flip 4. OMG this so frustrating to me....Help! Help! Help!

[@sethmunoz3608]

The number one feature I use on Google messages is the web link service

[@702cinnamonnv]

In my google messages when i want to delete a conversation it will permanently delete it and cant be undone its there a way to avoid this with my old messages if i delete any text it still saves it in the trash folder.

[@mlgen7]

Chat categories is not rolled out completely right? I don't see it yet.

[@SirPedro83]

Also, I do watch these videos ad they come out.

[@byavarsi]

Still not convinced to give up Microsoft SMS organizer. It's the organization.

[@itsjustashow]

What holder is that for the pixel watch?!

[@mightyskull]

Nice sweater man!

[@allisonalexis6645]

Thank you so much for your video o really enjoyed watching

[@cmdrxevaster]

Sadly, S22 Ultra in Canada doesn't offer the message organization options or Voice message transcription.

[@Paoabarai]

Same some of these features not available in my pixel 7 in my region

[@cowmbing]

I have RCS but don't have the "Message organization" in settings. is it because Pixels are not officially in my country?

[@akshayHRX]

How to take backup of messages, please review

[@oregonhomeowner]

Is it possible to edit the smart replies?

[@robertwiser335]

I loved the app but don't like that you can't copy or forward a text

[@johndeverson3533]

Customize the color of the message of sim 1 and sim 2 so it can easily identify if the message comes from sim 1 or sim 2

[@woodlandxwarrior]

How are you separating sim 1 and 2? It automatically puts things into personal or business?

[@ShaneOzouf]

I don't understand why RCS isn't enabled by default.. on ALL android devices.

[@shomari17]

Exactly

[@ollieedwardes1461]

Google should make most of these on by default

[@hblanche]

How do I remove the Selfie GIF icon? I will never, ever use this feature.

[@markaaroneugenio4036]

how do you know if the text message was sent through sim 1 or sim 2 on Google messages? I don't think it has that feature. Or if there is, can someone teach me? 😅

[@mrsmith6674ify]

Message organisation doesn't exist on mine, not sure OPT delete. It's this region specific... Or device specific🤔

[@jokes310]

doesn't exist on mine too

[@katlyncarter8890]

I’m trying to get my chat features to work! It will not verify at all, I have done everything to make it work and still doesn’t.

[@birchtree5884]

Annoying that RCS doesn't work when a VPN is on. Gotta put Carrier Services and Messages thru split tunnelling.

[@sbatty65227]

I know what I need to say and I know how to type it. The only thing I think is worth its weight is the swipe function to delete messages.

[@zainkhan5118]

Helo Sir i am commenting on your mostly videos please tell me how to use face lock on apps in google pixel 4xl like whatsapp etc please reply

[@jackwright9616]

Is there a way to so that when i click on messages menu and see all my messages if someone last message was a picture they sent me to not show that on the menu its kinda annoying?

[@bogineniharshitha8955]

Does it have activity status in google messages

[@Verlamian]

Thanks but I really didn't need the frustration of searching for settings and associated features that aren't yet available to non-beta users.

[@daisyboi]

haha I'm glad it's not just me like??????

[@daisyboi]

spent a good 15 mins searching for how to turn on otp auto delete!!

[@JoJoOnYouTube]

How many messaging apps will Google Have till they're satisfied?

[@Dragon100277]

What is RCS messaging? I noticed on select messages you can like and react to messages. I turned it off

[@megabaneen8057]

Thanks.. 👍 great tutorial..

[@JimboJones99]

On my S23 Ultra I can't use any reactions when messaging other google messages contacts

[@bodybags75]

Im using google messages with dual sims on the Samsung S22 ultra. When I send a picture message from my second sim I have to go in the settings and set it as my primary sim or it wont send. Does anyone know if there is is a way to have it auto switch?

[@janicev4086]

Where did all my Profile pictures for my contacts go to??? How to get them back.????

[@MrBala2191]

I found some messages from verified businesses not received in Google messages app, but they were received in Truecaller sms. I can't find any solution for that ?