Customizing Group Chats goes beyond just naming them — you can add custom icons, mute notifications when things get out of hand, and easily manage your RCS contacts.

Google has started rolling out the new Google Messages features announced last week. The messaging app now lets users customize RCS group chat icons and snooze notifications. It has also received new ...

For all its utility, Google Messages has been missing one big feature: the ability to easily search for group chats and send a new message to them. That’s about to change. Users running the Google ...

You can open Google Hangouts in Gmail to chat with others, but you will need to send an invite if the contact is not yet on Hangouts.

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The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary ...