Messaging apps have been using Profiles for years, but this would be a feature that not even Apple has with iMessage. Profiles could make it easier to identify other participants in a group chat or if someone messages you from an unknown number.

Chances are that Google is testing the feature internally and plans to release it in a future Beta build of the Messages app. There’s also no evidence showing us what a Google Message profile could look like. Source: Reddit u/seeareeffĪlthough these options can be found by searching for “Profiles” in Android’s Settings app, the toggles don’t do anything. For instance, end-to-end encryption isnt part of the RCS spec. It works exactly like it does on Google Chrome. This makes Google RCS a bit like any other over-the-top messaging servicebut tied to the slow and out-of-date RCS protocol. The screenshot contains a page in the app’s settings called “Profile” with ‘Visibility’ controls, and settings for ‘notifications’ that would allow you to receive alerts when a user joins Google Messages. Google Messages for Desktop is a desktop app that is wrapped around the official Google Messages web client.

Google has focused on improving the default messaging experience for Android users in recent months and Google Messages now may be gearing up to add the ability to support user profiles in the Google Messages app.Īs per a screenshot posted in a Reddit post by u/seeareeff, Google may begin adding user profiles to Google Messages. Last month, Google added end-to-end encryption support for RCS group chats in the Messages app.

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