How to Customize Bubbles in Google Messages

Jul. 22, 2024

After several updates, features, and design changes, people have finally started warming up to the Google Messages app. I won’t lie, the RCS experience is quite good, and the app delivers a good messaging experience. However, the default blue bubbles might not be everyone’s cup of tea. So, if you want to customize the chat bubbles on Google Messages, keep reading as we show you how to.

Customize Google Messages Bubbles

Like Instagram and Facebook Messenger, you can change the theme and colors of the bubbles in Google Messages. However, it only works per conversation, there’s no option to change the entire theme system-wide. Still. It’s a fun way to personalize the texting experience with your loved ones.

It will be automatically applied, and you can continue texting in fresh colors.

NoteYou can only change chat bubbles color in RCS messages. The “Change colors” option doesn’t appear for SMS messages.

While the web version of Google Messages still shares almost identical experiences as the app, it does not have the option to change bubble colors. However, if you have difficulty reading the text then there is an option to change entire themes which can be helpful. Let’s take a look at how.

This is how you can easily change the colors of bubbles and the chat theme on Google Messages. The fact that this option is limited to RCS chats is a bit annoying but given RCS is becoming widely available, even for iPhone users, this shouldn’t be an issue going forward. What do you think about this feature? Have you used it before? Let us know in the comments section.

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