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
- Open Google Messages .
- Select a chat you want to change the theme.
- Tap More Change colors.
- For chats with an individual contact: Tap Contact name Change colors.
- For group chat: Tap Group name Change colors.
- To preview a theme, tap the color from the selection.
- To select a theme, tap Confirm.
- Delete a chat with a selected theme.
- Start a new chat with the same contact.
Related resources
- Get started with Google Messages
- Change Messages notifications & settings
- Learn about Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging
- Turn on RCS chats in Google Messages