It looks as though Google Messages is getting real-time location sharing very soon, and there's a tweak to group chats too.

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Once real-time location sharing is active in Google Messages, a persistent banner appears at the top of the chat, clearly indicating that live location sharing is on and showing how much time is left.

Google Messages is prepping a new look for how you see details of businesses contacting your over RCS. The upcoming ...

Identical to standard contact profiles ...

The "Find My" app has a similar option, but the new way lets you share your location without leaving Google Messages. You can share your location with a single contact or with a g ...

Instead of a toolbar, long-pressing on an image or message opens a floating menu, with Google partially centering what you’re ...

RCS (“Chat features”) in Google Messages can be great when it works: typing indicators, better group chats, higher-quality media, and Wi‑Fi messaging in some cases. When it doesn’t work, the symptoms ...

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway.

In Google Messages, you can open a conversation, tap the three-dot menu, and choose Block & report spam. Reporting helps improve filtering, and blocking stops that sender from landing in your main ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...