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Get started with the Google Messages app You can send and receive text messages, photos, voice messages, and video using Google Messages. If you don't have Google Messages, you can get it …

You can use your computer or Android tablet to chat with your friends through Google Messages for web, which shows what’s on your Google Messages mobile app. Google Messages for web sends …

You can send and receive text messages with friends and contacts on Google Messages. Important: Some of these steps only work on Android 6.0 and up. Learn how to check your Android versio

Your RCS message texts appear as “Send by Wi-Fi or mobile data ." Using SMS or MMS messages, which appear as “Send by SMS ” or “Send by MMS ." Get started with Google Messages You can …

Send a text message You can use the Google Voice website to send text messages to one or more phone numbers. If you send a text longer than 160 characters to a non-Google Voice number, it's …

Change advanced settings Change how Google Messages sends pictures, videos & audio files Send a message or a file separately to each person in a conversation: Tap Group messaging Send an SMS …

Copy code from a message Google can’t view your messages or verification codes. They aren't sent to Google servers as part of this feature.

Archive, delete & read conversations in Google Messages You can move old or unwanted conversations into your archives, mark all messages as read, or delete them from Google Messages.

You can make Google Messages your default app as described here. You won’t lose any existing SMS/MMS messages if you change your default app to Google Messages and you’ll be able to use …