ANDROID
Customise your chats in Google Messages
Google has updated its Messages app for Android phones (tinyurl.com/APC537mess) with more ways to customise your conversations, bringing it closer in line with WhatsApp. The new options are only available in RCS chats, not standard SMS ones. To enable RCS, tap your profile picture, choose ‘Messages settings’ and switch on ‘RCS chats’.
The most notable new feature is Custom Bubbles, which lets you change the colour of the message bubbles and the background of your Messages conversations. Tap the three-dot menu button in the top-right corner of an RCS chat and choose ‘Change colours’ to view the available options. The default theme is blue, but you can also make your bubbles and below left).