Google adds a new feature to the Google Messages app that adds a profile picture of the person you are messaging.
loves to add little things to its apps that might not seem like a big deal but end up being useful. The latest update to the Google Messages app adds the profile picture from the Contacts listing of the person you're messaging to the top of the screen. Tapping on the profile picture will take you to that person's Contact card. To make room for the avatar, Google removed the search function from the top of the display and deleted the magnifying glass icon.
To be clear, we are talking about the Google Messages app which includes the Rich Communication Services platform. The latter has the exact same features as the highly-touted iMessage platform. Both include end-to-end encryption, higher-quality images, read receipts, typing indicators, and more.Now here's the thing.
For RCS to work, you and the rest of the chat group must all be using the Google Messages app. You can tell if others you are chatting with are using Google Messages by the color of the text balloon that appears when you send a message. If it is a dark blue, you are engaged in a chat over RCS. Also, look at the text field. If it says Text message, you are about to message an iPhone user or an Android user employing a messaging app that is not Google Messages.
The very last option reads About, terms & privacy. Tap on it and the Version info will be the first thing listed on the page that you are sent to. If you haven't seen the profile pictures on your Google Messages app yet, it might be available to Google Messages beta testers at the moment. To join the beta, go tot he Play Store, open it, and type in Google Messages in the search field.
Even if you aren't a beta tester for the app, you should see the profile pictures appear on an upcoming stable version of Google Messages.
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