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Open a conversation with the person you want to block.When you block someone, you'll no longer receive any calls or messages from them. You can turn notifications on or off completely for this person, or edit advanced settings for how notifications display on your device. Open a conversation with the person you want to change notifications for.Tap the number you want to add Add contact.Ĭhange notification settings for specific people.Select a group conversation with the number you want to add as a contact.Select an existing conversation with someone not in your contacts.Īdd a new contact from a group conversation.Enter the name, phone number, or email of the person you're sending a message to.Īdd a new number in your conversation list as a contact.You can also add a new contact from within the app itself. If a contact is already in your phone, it will show as a contact in your Messages app. Start a conversation with one of your contacts

If you no longer want Messages to be your default messaging app, you can uninstall the Messages app or change your default messaging app from your device's settings.

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For more information about how to manage your app permissions, contact your device manufacturer. Important: Your messages are stored in the SMS database on your device, and other apps may be able to access your messages. Also, there's no way to add chat background wallpapers, like you can with other messaging apps such as WhatsApp or Viber.Important: Some of these steps only work on Android 6.0 and up. You're stuck with whatever Messenger decides to give you for each chat.
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The bright colors used for headers and text bubbles in chat windows are randomized between chats, and unfortunately there's no way to customize the colors. If you're a fan of this new style, you'll be happy with the way Google Messenger looks.
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The bold, colorful Material Design user interface fits with the new branding introduced to Google apps after the Android Lollipop update. The app integrates well with your existing Android contacts, allowing you to quickly access them and start messaging straight away through Messenger's attractive, streamlined interface.
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Lesser features such as the ability to archive chats, or to block certain contacts from sending you messages help to add to the usefulness of Google Messenger. What the app does do well is to pull these tools together in an attractive package that makes the process of sending SMS and MMS messages simpler and more enjoyable.

In fact, the app has even less features than its previous Android Messaging app.

So, in this sense, Google isn't doing anything new with its Messenger app. These features, of course, almost always come as standard in any messaging app, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, or Facebook Messenger. The app has been given a lick of Material Design paint and bundled with some useful features such as group messaging, audio messaging, emoji support, and photo/video transfer. Google Messenger is a re-imagining of the stock Messaging app that's pre-installed with most pre-Lollipop Android phones.
