We’re excited to see Apple embrace RCS and look forward to working with the entire mobile industry to make texting better for everyone.

Enjoy chatting with everyone.

With RCS enabled across Android and iOS, you and your iPhone friends can now share high-quality photos and videos, enhance your group chats, and more.

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Highlights

Express yourself in every chat.

Messaging between Android and iOS just got better.

Share the Google Messages features you love—like high-resolution media sharing, typing indicators, read receipts, and better group chat controls—with friends and family, even if they’re on different devices.

*In supported conversations when RCS chats are available and turned on.

*Availability of RCS varies by region and carrier.

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.

Ditch the default, and choose your colors.

Customize your experience with different colors, emojis and themes, and add extra effects to every conversation.

Snap and share your own customized emoji.

Quickly and easily turn your favorite images into emoji you can share within your chats.

Messaging between Android and iOS just got better.

Share the Google Messages features you love—like high-resolution media sharing, typing indicators, read receipts, and better group chat controls—with friends and family, even if they’re on different devices.

*In supported conversations when RCS chats are available and turned on.

*Availability of RCS varies by region and carrier.

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.

Ditch the default, and choose your colors.

Customize your experience with different colors, emojis and themes, and add extra effects to every conversation.

Snap and share your own customized emoji.

Quickly and easily turn your favorite images into emoji you can share within your chats.

Features

Everything you need.
Built right in.

Privacy & security

Save your chats from spammers.

Keep your messages secure with high-quality privacy controls, spam protection, and RCS- enabled data encryption.

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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.

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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.

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Customization

Text it like you talk it.

Message with your own personality and voice by creating emojis, picking chat colors, and making animated effects pop.

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Helpful

Text smarter, not harder.

Get suggested replies, helpful reminders and nudges, and enjoy automatic noise cancellation.

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Privacy & security

Save your chats from spammers.

Keep your messages secure with high-quality privacy controls, spam protection, and RCS- enabled data encryption.

An image of a person looking at their Android device, with a shield icon and a lock icon.

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.

An image of two people laying next to each other, looking at an Android. A cat icon is in the bottom left, and two chat bubbles are on the right.

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.

An image of a person sitting in front of a computer.

Customization

Text it like you talk it.

Message with your own personality and voice by creating emojis, picking chat colors, and making animated effects pop.

An image of three people sitting outside, one of them is showing the others an Android screen. There are chat bubbles overlaid on the bottom left, and a heart emoji overlaid on the bottom right.

Helpful

Text smarter, not harder.

Get suggested replies, helpful reminders and nudges, and enjoy automatic noise cancellation.

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Keep what matters.

Keep your data, contacts and chats, and enjoy seamless texting with friends and family, regardless of their device.

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FAQs

Get the answers you need.

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Pick your own bubble colors.

Customize the color of the text bubble and background for every chat and give each conversation its own unique look.

Reactions all your own.

Infuse each message with a burst of visual effects, including animated emojis that appear around the bubbles.

Bring your voice texts to life.

When sending a voice text, you can also choose a visual effect to express your mood.

React in whole new ways.

Steps:
1. Create a new reaction right within the chat window.
2. Just pick an image from your camera roll.

From camera roll to custom emoji.

Just like magic, the subject of the picture is highlighted and automatically turned into a reaction.

Every chat deserves a custom reaction.

Make all of your chats even more you by creating as many personalized reactions as you want.

Bounce the bots.

Google Messages automatically filters out spam and phishing messages, so you never even have to see them.

Enjoy your privacy.

With RCS enabled, your chats are protected by end-to-end encryption. So you can share whatever you need to.

The perfect text, every time.

Choosing from a range of styles, let Magic Compose turn your text into something totally fun and unexpected.

Turn pics into perfect reactions.

Quickly and easily turn your favorite images into emoji you can share within your chats.

Chat across multiple devices.

Never miss a conversation with seamless integration across all your Android devices.

React dynamically.

Infuse each message with a burst of visual effects, including animated emoji that work across devices and OS.

Get the most out of your video calls.

When texting isn’t enough and things go from “ok” to “OMG.” you can download Google Meet for all of your video call needs.

Bring your voice texts to life.

When sending a voice text, you can also choose a visual effect to express your mood.

More you in every chat.

Customize the backgrounds and bubbles of your conversations, and give each contact a different theme.

Add gestures to every conversation.

React with a simple 👍, and watch as magic unfolds with an animated trio of hands dancing around the message.

Silence the noise.

Voice notes now offer noise cancellation, filtering out distracting background sounds when you record a message.

Never miss a message again.

These helpful reminders ensure you don't forget to respond to messages that need your attention.

Say it, then send it.

No matter what you’re doing, Voice Transcription helps you communicate when you can’t type, or don't want to.

Share hi-res photos and videos.

With RCS, you can send your hi-res photos and videos to anyone you want.

Stop wondering and start knowing.

RCS lets you know when someone has read your message and when they’re typing a response.

React dynamically.

Infuse each message with a burst of visual effects, including animated emoji which appear around the bubbles.

Take control of your conversations.

With RCS, name group chats, add or remove people, exit any you’re in, and assign custom colors for everyone.

Say cheese, and share your selfies with ease.

Just long press on the gallery icon, then put your best face forward and record your video. If you like what you see, share with your friends!

Share high-quality photos and videos.

No more blurry pics and videos. Send high-quality media to your iPhone friends, and anyone else when RCS is enabled.

Get real-time text notifications.

RCS lets you know when someone has read your message and when they’re typing a response.

Group chats that work for everyone.

Chatting with iPhone friends just got easier. RCS lets you name group chats, add or remove people, and leave, no matter which device you and your friends are on.

RCS is always free.

RCS chats typically don't cost users extra. Carriers use your Wi-Fi or mobile data plan.

*Availability of RCS varies by region and carrier.

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