While Messages and RCS is how Google wants you to message friends, Google Chat also fits that role and the company today reminded people of that personal use case. Google is out today with a “7 new ...

Google Chat’s desktop interface now has an option to insert stickers into messages. The update will be available to all users and will be enabled automatically. The new sticker functionality is ...

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We've known for months that Google was working on custom chat wallpapers for Google Messages. And the feature is now rolling ...

Google Chat, the company’s Slack and Microsoft Teams competitor, looks to be getting an overhaul in the near future that features a new logo and “Timeline”-focused redesign of the mobile apps. At the ...

Google is pushing Chat as a tool for team collaboration – and in a move aimed squarely at Slack users – it has added its own “Huddles”. The instant voice meeting option will be available in direct ...

Google Chat is rolling out instant voice meetings — similar to Slack’s Huddles — that let you quickly switch to a voice or video call from within a chat. Google is not giving the feature a new name, ...

Earlier in the week, a small group of Google Messages users noticed that they were able to set a Chat Theme after weeks of teases and early previews for the feature. Today, Chat Themes in Google ...

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The blue chat bubble means RCS is on, but I'm still waiting on the lock icon that's supposed to follow it.