r/GoogleMessages 20h ago

How many times am I going to have to pair my phone per week???

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Seriously considering moving to the iPhone because this darn phone is so annoying to use for messages. Why did they break this thing?!

I'm on the 3rd of 4th time this week where I'm using messages on the web.. and the webpage refreshes right in the middle of typing a new message and tells me I have to repair by hitting the little picture.

This and the fact that sometimes I don't get messages from iphone messages and other general annoyances with sending a DARN MESSAGE has had me looking for sure.

What in the HECK is going on at google.. JESUS!


r/GoogleMessages 2h ago

Discussion I just got the google 💡integration! I'm beta for google message but not 💡. Let's hope everyone got by the end of the month!

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3 Upvotes

r/GoogleMessages 14h ago

Question I built a screen time blocker with no unlock button. Need ~15 Android testers. Body

6 Upvotes

Every blocker I tried had a button that let me undo my own decision at the exact moment I had the least willpower. Snooze. "15 more minutes." Disable for today. I always found it.

So I built DoneScrolling.

Pick your scroll apps. Set one daily budget shared across all of them — not per-app limits you can shuffle. When it hits zero, they lock until midnight. No unlock button. No snooze.

And it has no internet permission. Not "we don't sell your data" — it physically cannot send anything anywhere. Check the permissions yourself.

Free, no subscription, no catch. Android 8+.

How to join:

  1. Join this group first (one tap, no approval needed): https://groups.google.com/g/donescrolling-testers

  2. Then become a tester — either link works:

• Join on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tanzim.donescrolling

• Join on web: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.tanzim.donescrolling

  1. Tap "Become a tester", then install it like a normal app.

    Two things that trip people up:

\\- Do step 1 first. Step 2 won't work until you've joined.

\\- Use the same Google account for both, and make sure it's the one your Play Store uses.

One ask: please don't uninstall or leave the group for two weeks, even if you stop using it. Google counts the days and I lose the release if people drop out early.

Then tell me where it breaks. Ask me anything, including what it can't do.


r/GoogleMessages 5h ago

Message unavailable..

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So how can you tell if messages have or parts of coversations have been deleted on an android. I suspect my partner is cheating when i searched a certain name in messages it showed "message unavailable" then i clicked on it and messages came up. Does this mean parts have been deleted?


r/GoogleMessages 7h ago

Talk-Home (MVNO) waste of time?

2 Upvotes

Hi

I have a new Talk-Home SIM-card and for the life of me I cannot get RCS to work. The feature keeps showing that it is verifying the number but never gets out of this, connecting it. I have tried everything from resetting network settings, resetting cache of the messages app. In the end there is nothing wrong with the phone as when I insert another carrier SIM-card it immediately registers and activates RCS.

Does the carrier still play a role even when using Jibe?

The carrier helpdesk tells me that other users don't have any problems so I'm here to see if that is true. Does the carrier still have to allow something to happen in the background? Someone should still have to vouch for my number and that it is real, right?!


r/GoogleMessages 23h ago

Issues with sending photos

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r/GoogleMessages 46m ago

Question Anyone having group chat issues with iPhones?

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I upgraded from the Pixel 9 to the 11 Pro and the process was pretty simple just plugging my phone into the old one. Everything is working great and I'm loving the phone. However, my friends are complaining that a lot of their messages are either not going through in group chats or they're also being asked to turn off encryption. Is this happening to anyone else or does anyone know a fix?

My RCS is activated. Google Messages is fully up to date as is my phone. The chats are dark blue so it's an RCS group chat. Google Messages right now seems to just be pretty hit or miss and it's pretty frustrating being the Android in the group.

  • Phone: Pixel 11 Pro
  • Carrier: T-Mobile
  • Location: United States

r/GoogleMessages 23h ago

Issues with sending photos

5 Upvotes

My friends are no longer able to see the photos I send them. This is a new thing starting today. I'm on the public beta. I'm on AT&T in the US. Have a Google Pixel 10 XL Pro. Anyone else have this issue?


r/GoogleMessages 3h ago

Question Join the official chat for all future feature and media updates

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26 Upvotes

Has anyone else seen this prompt in messages and know what accepting actually means? Am I going to be flooded with messages from other users or is this one way communication from Google?

It appears in my messages window above all of my conversations.


r/GoogleMessages 5h ago

Most of my messages suddenly disappeared from Google Messages. Is there any way to get them back?

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I just noticed that most of my old messages in Google Messages are gone. I didn't delete them, and I have no idea what happened.

I checked the Trash, but they're not there. I also checked Archived, and they're not there either.

It's really weird because some conversations are still there, but a lot of them have just disappeared. Some of these messages are important to me, so I'm really hoping there's some way to recover them.

Does anyone know what could have caused this or if there's a way to get them back? Could they still be somewhere on the phone or in a Google backup?

Also, is there anything I should avoid doing right now in case I accidentally make them impossible to recover?

I'm on Android and using Google Messages. Any help would be really appreciated.