r/GoogleMessages

Since Samsung suddenly let everyone know that they are going to make Google Message the default messenger app starting in Jun for all phones...... For the love of God can you please give us categories that literally mirror how Samsung Messenger setup is? PLEASEEEEEE

Who else agrees?

Staying in a small town right now that has terrible cell service. My data kicks in every now an again. GM doesn’t seem to default to standard sms/text when it doesn't have the data/wifi to send or receive. That has put me in some serious binds the last few days.

I've found how to turn rcs of manually in each contact individually, but is there a way I'm just to dumb to see to get it to do this by default? I dont want to have to go in and fuck with my settings everytime i leave the house for a handful of contacts i will be interacting with. And, what if i don't notice if i dont have the service for it when I'm traveling?

I hate google messages so fucking much. This is all so dumb.

As we know, everyone using Samsung Messenger will be forced to switch over to Google Messages at the beginning of July, for God know what reason. I wanted to briefly document my first day of using Google Messages. Yes, I am heavily biased against this switch and think that the fact that Samsung is discontinuing Samsung Messenger is total bullshit, but my experiences here are objective.

Pros:

• I can actually react to messages now and can see reactions on my messages. On Samsung Messenger, it was an additional text message saying that the other person had reacted to my message.
• The themes are neat.

That's it. Those are the only pros I have at this time.

Cons:

• The BIGGEST con: it absolutely eats your battery. My phone has never once gotten below 40% in the three years that I've had it, and Google Messages manages to get it down to 20% before noon. This has apparently been present since at least 2021, with several solutions posed throughout the internet, yet none have worked for me yet. As I type this, my phone has been Fast Charging fora bout two hours and it's only at 50%.
• Cheap look
• Can't quick scroll to the beginning of the messages
• Doesn't wake the screen when I get a message.
• Lags behind what I'm doing. Not lag like it moves slowly, but it always takes several seconds to update the interface. For example, it will show a text message that I haven't read. I click to read it and then go back to my text messages interface, and it will still say that I haven't read it yet for a good several seconds.

That's my takeaway from my first day of using Google Messages. I don't understand why Samsung would discontinue Messenger for such an inferior system, but I can see this driving people away to Apple. We can only hope that since this forced migration is taking place, that Google will actually fix their app.

This morning I discovered that if someone sends me an X post and I click on it... It just opens up the app but not that actual X post from the user. This was working just fine for me the other day and now it doesn't work. Was this an update? Or is there a way I can reset this or fix it?

I have tried clearing defaults and uninstalling/reinstalling Google messages.

Hello,

I’m using a Samsung Galaxy S21 running One UI 6.1, and I’m experiencing an issue with Google Messages. I’ve been using Google Messages as my primary messaging app for the past 2–3 years, and I have not used Samsung Messages as my default app during that time.

Recently, I noticed that a significant portion of my text messages is missing. Older conversations are still intact, but many of my more recent messages (both sent and received) have disappeared. The issue is ongoing, as even messages sent today are being deleted shortly after appearing.

To try to resolve this, I have already taken the following steps:

• Cleared the app cache
• Cleared app data
• Restarted the app
• Restarted my phone
• Updated the app to the latest version

None of these steps have resolved the issue, and messages continue to disappear. Additionally, the Gemini icon that was previously present in the app is now missing.

I’m looking for guidance on how to recover these missing messages, as they are important.

Thank you.

Hi I recently just got a Samsung Galaxy S26 ultra and when I transferred all of my data I went into Google messages and the Gemini button at the bottom right is completely gone is there a reason for this or is there a way to get it back and is this happening to anyone else this is really important to me because I'm blind and I use the feature a lot and I find it very helpful thank you

Curious to see if anyone else has lost the ability for rcs messages to be sent. Using a OnePlus 12 on T-Mobile. Previous contacts that had RCS messages wouldn't have messages sent and would turn into SMS and MMS

The last update was 4 days ago and it was working fine until yesterday. Usually if RCS disconnects it'll reconnect quickly or within a few hours.

I restarted my phone, cleared cache and turned RCS messaging on and off.

Was wondering if anyone else was experiencing anything similar?

Is there a place to change the notification sound for the GoogleMessages app *only*? Previous apps have allowed me to change the sound so I know when I get a text message vs any other notification, but I can't find that option on new app. Can anyone help? I really miss my sound!

Anyone else wake up today to discover Messages is following the herd and removing the visible URL in text messages? Previously they seemed to do what I feel is a best practice - include the visible written link AND the preview

Now they seem to be following the lead of social media (almost always a bad lead for information management design IMO) and REMOVING THE VISIBLE URL Entirely

Can anyone confirm this is system wide? Because if there is a way to get visible URL back - I'm interested

Let's say if someone blocked your number, would your Gmail address tied to that number be blocked too? Or is that entirely different? Sorry I just need to know.

so i have never been able to view mp4 messages in messages for web. for as long as i can remember. is that normal? i just figured it was some random limitation everyone dealt with, but now im not sure because a quick google didnt show me much.

it seems like it is primarily when im getting videos from iphone people. but i looked into h265/hevc stuff, and it looks like i can view test files on other websites.

When I switch to GM will all of texts be imported from Samsung Messages?

Switched over to Google Messages and there has been one thing after another. Would anyone know how to make sure that capitalization occurs when it is supposed to opposed to when it is not supposed to like it does now?

With all these talks of them finally updating the customization I would love to see them add a new style for the pinned messages at the top to do something like other apps do with just simple bubble rows up top to keep it clean and organized with all the rest of recent messages below that

Yeah so this is trash and doesn't even work. Cool.