Google Messages Reviews

Summary: Excellent, fantastic, trouble free, easy to set up and use, very fast to sent text and pictures, the best app I've seen.

Positive: Got connected within seconds, sends text and pictures literally instantly, wish I had found this app before instead of having all the problems with Phone Link, they just updated the software and now my phone won't even connect because all of a sudden it is not compatible, Thank You Google.

Negative: There are no cons, so it is rather difficult to answer this question in more detail.

Summary: Overall, Google Messages is a smooth and seamless messaging application which can be used in any Android application for text as well as video chatting.

Positive: - It is a simple messaging application which can be easily used in Android smartphones.
- It supports sending and receiving multiple media formats.
- It allows sharing media through chats like videos, GIFs and stickers.
- It allows chatting with people as well as in groups.
- It does not have any bugs whatsoever and the application gets fixed through frequent updates.
- It can be easy integrated with other Google application like Google Assistant to sent messages through text to speech.
- The messages are encrypted for secure messaging.
- It can be easily used across any android device.

Negative: - It is not supported in the iOS devices. Other than this, it is almost a flawless messaging application to use.

Summary: If you want a great messaging app with great features use Google Messages. Being able to use chat features and sms at the same time in one app is great.

Positive: Very easy to use and setup. The new chat features are great when chatting with other android users. The added end-to-end encryption which is great. The smart replies and suggestions work really well. The chat bubbles can be very nice when you need to switch between multiple apps and still want quick access to your messages.

Negative: Like with most android messaging apps talking to someone on an apple product can be frustrating when they use their chat features. No one wants to see the message they just send sent back with "Laughed at '(your message)'".

Summary: This is a clean and simple but well-featured messaging app. With lots of simple features this has wide appeal.

Positive: Can become your SMS app, but can also send and receive messages over wifi. Integrates with google assistant and wearOS, and can be accessed on the web as well.

Negative: As part of the google ecosystem, it will inevitably be learning your SMS habits so it is not entirely free.

Summary: I literally send 100's of texts daily because of business. Previously I had a Samsung 9 phone. Their default text app was easy and I never had a problem with it - ever. With Google Messages (Google's default text app) I have already spent hours trying to figure out how to correct basic functions. I would not purchase another Google phone just for this reason.

Positive: It's simple and very similar to other text apps. Of course being free is expected, especially when it is Google's default text app.

Negative: There is always glitches. I have only had my pixel 6 a few months. In that short time Google Messages has had many glitches.

The individual text lines don't have automatic date and time stamps

It will not display new text lines - I have to go into each contact to see if a new text has been received.

The bold feature that lets you know a new message has been received will not refresh in it's own. So it appears that I have not read people's text. When in fact many other texts have been received and sent to that person.

Almost everyday (5 out of 7) I have to shut down my phone to get it to refresh. But that doesn't always work either.