You can finally choose more than color themes for Google's texting app.

Google Messages may soon have one of the best customization options from Samsung Messages, letting you set your own background image.

WhatsApp is working on the ability to add a custom message when sharing forwarded content with users and groups. It's currently available to some testers running WhatsApp Android beta v2.24.25.3.

After laying the groundwork over the past few weeks, Google Messages looks ready to introduce custom chat themes. In addition to setting chat color palettes, you’ll also be able to select your choice ...

The Pixel’s Take a Message feature that answers calls on your behalf and lets you view live transcripts is now adding custom greetings. Once available, you’ll be prompted at the top of the Home tab to ...

Google is beginning to roll out the ability to personalize group chats in Messages for Android with custom icons. At the moment, the default group icon shows up to four circular profile pics that ...

The iOS 26 Messages app is set to gain support for customized backgrounds for conversations, and it appears that AI will be an option for generating different looks. According to Nicolás Alvarez, ‌iOS ...

Pixel Phone app’s Take a Message custom greetings feature looks almost ready for launch. The feature, which lets you record a custom voicemail greeting for your contacts, was spotted in the works last ...

WhatsApp alerts you to all incoming messages from your contacts and groups using the same notification sound. Even though this sound is distinctive enough to tell you when a notification is from ...

The Google Pixel Phone app is finally rolling out a custom Take a Message greetings feature. It lets users record their own voice greetings for Take a message. The recordings can be up to 1 minute in ...

A background image can set a tone for the conversation. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Accidentally texting the wrong person can bring disastrous consequences, and yet it’s incredibly simple to ...