Google Messages just got RCS tags, notification snoozing, and custom group chat icons
The messaging app has finally caught up to rivals with these long-awaited features.
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- Google has started rolling out the new Google Messages features announced last week.
- The messaging app now lets users customize RCS group chat icons and snooze notifications.
- It has also received new RCS tags for the New chat page and a “Delete for everyone” option for RCS chats.
Google announced a couple of new features for its messaging app last week, including an RCS group chat icon customization option, RCS tags for contacts, and notification snoozing. Although the company did not share a release timeline for these features at the time, they’re now reaching users with Google Messages version 20250528_00_RC00 (via 9to5Google).
Google Messages users are finally getting the ability to customize RCS group chat icons, several months after we first spotted the feature in a teardown. As we showcased earlier, this feature lets you upload a custom icon for RCS group chats or pick one from Google’s Illustrations tool by tapping the new camera button next to the group chat icon.
