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RCS is now available for texting between Android and iPhones. Learn how to turn on RCS chats on your Android phone (link).

Customize chat appearance

To customize the look of your chats, you can select a theme for the background and message bubbles. Note that this will only work for RCS conversations.

Change chat appearance

  1. Open Google Messages .
  2. Select a chat you want to change the theme.
  3. Tap More More and then Change colors.
    • For chats with an individual contact: Tap Contact name and then Change colors.
    • For group chat: Tap Group name and then Change colors.
  4. To preview a theme, tap the color from the selection.
  5. To select a theme, tap Confirm.
Tip: The theme reverts to the default colors, if you:
  • Delete a chat with a selected theme.
  • Start a new chat with the same contact.

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