Google Messages upgrading group chats, Google Home gets device-specific Favorites, more

Google Messages upgrading group chats, Google Home gets device-specific Favorites, more

Alongside the Android 16 launch and June 2025 Pixel Drop, Google is highlighting the latest (app) features for all Android devices.

Google Messages is finally getting group chat icon customization and RCS tags for contacts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYp8-Zwqdh0 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 tim…