Android users who use the Google Messages app may have noticed a check mark or two below sent messages, but what do these icons represent? The Google Messages app isn't just an SMS and MMS application ...

If you're using one of the most common apps to manage text chats on an Android phone, you'll see a small blue dot appear next to certain conversations. In other cases, a different symbol, such as a ...

A bug in the new Google Messages beta, version v20250811, is causing users to see two or even three app icons in their app drawer. The bug affects only beta users. All icons launch the same app, so ...

An Android Authority teardown of the latest Google Messages beta has revealed a change to group chat icons in testing. We managed to activate the option to remove a group chat icon and restore the ...

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But some good news, perhaps unsurprisingly, is that Google has added some new protections to Android to help ... accessible from profile (icon in top right) > Spam & blocked. In addition, if a trusted ...