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Phone Arena
a day ago
- Phone Arena
A trio of new features is coming to Google Messages although one might already be here
Currently, if you create a new group in RCS (Rich Communication Services), you are given an icon for the group that is created in the Google Messages app by your Android phone; you have no say over what it looks like. But that is going to change in Android 16 as Google will offer Android users custom icon support in RCS group chats. This will allow you to change the icon for RCS groups already created, and select a custom icon for new groups created. The icon will be based on a photo stored by you on-device or illustrations sent by Google. Two tabs above the icon options are listed as Device Photos and Illustrations. Google also has added another new feature to Google Messages called notification snoozing. This feature will allow notifications to be temporarily muted for specific chats. These notifications can be muted for 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours, or always. Select custom icons for groups created in RCS. | Image credit-Google Chats with snoozed notifications enabled will have a clock icon on the home screen and inside the chat, a pop-up will appear showing the length of the snoozed notification within the chat. Users will be given the option to allow notifications from snoozed group chats they are tagged (@mentioned) in the chat. You can snooze notifications in an RCS chat in Android 16. | Image credit-PhoneArena Lastly, to make it easier to see if you're starting a new SMS text or an RCS chat, the RCS tags feature will add to a person in your Google Messages contacts list an RCS tag when the enhanced messaging feature is enabled. If a contact has multiple numbers in your contacts list, the number that has RCS enabled will have the tag. In the list, RCS users' names will be tinted in a Material You shade while those not using RCS will have their names shown in white. You can see the difference a lot easier in dark mode. RCS users will be tagged in the Google Messages contact list. | Image credit-Google Google says that all three features will be rolling out over the next few days. Snoozed notifications already appear on my Pixel 6 Pro running Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2. Long press on a chat and on the toolbar at the top of the display you'll see an icon that looks like an alarm clock with a "z" in the middle of it. Tap on that icon and you'll see a screen titled "Snooze notifications?" You will be able to select the duration of the notification snooze. As we've previously mentioned, the options you can choose from are 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours, or always. On the bottom right corner you can choose to cancel the Snooze notification setting or choose to Snooze.
Android Authority
4 days ago
- Android Authority
Google Messages is finally getting group chat icon customization and RCS tags for contacts
TL;DR Google has finally announced that custom icon support for RCS group chats will soon be available in Google Messages. The company has also confirmed that Google Messages will soon allow users to snooze chats. In addition, the messaging app will clearly label contacts with RCS enabled. Although Google has been working on adding custom icon support to RCS group chats in Google Messages for quite some time, the feature has yet to reach users. We first spotted references to the feature in a teardown late last year and gave you an early look at it this February. Last month, Google Messages started testing custom icon support in RCS group chats with a few users. Now, Google has confirmed that the feature will soon reach all users. Google announced a couple of new Android ecosystem updates alongside the Android 16 stable release today. These include a few upcoming changes for Google Messages, including custom icon support in RCS group chats. The feature will allow users to change the icon for existing RCS group chats and give them the option to choose a custom icon when setting up a new group chat. In addition to custom icon support, Google has confirmed that the messaging app will receive two more useful improvements we spotted earlier this year: notification snoozing and RCS tags for contacts. The notification snoozing feature will let users temporarily mute notifications for specific chats. Although Google's blog post doesn't share more details, we've previously seen that this feature will allow users to snooze notifications for 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours, or always. Chats with snoozed notifications will show a clock icon on the home screen and a pop-up highlighting the snooze duration within the chat. The feature will also give users the option to allow notifications from snoozed group chats if they're @mentioned in the chat. The RCS tags feature will add a tag next to contacts with RCS enabled, making it easier for users to tell whether they're starting an RCS chat or sending a regular SMS. The feature will also work for contacts with multiple numbers, and only show the tag next to the number that has RCS enabled. Google has not shared a release timeline for these new Google Messages features, but we expect them to roll out in the coming days. We'll update this post as soon as they're widely available. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
