Apple's Messages app is getting a variety of new features and upgrades in iOS 26, here's everything that's coming.

Open the Google Messages app, tap the Start Chat button, and select Create Group. Select the contacts that you want to add to the messaging group. Then, tap the Next option.

Google Messages group chats already looked a little different as they would have multiple icons in one single icon. Basically, it would show a grouping of the icons for several people in the chat.

Google has announced three new features headed to Google Messages, including custom icons for group chats, notification snoozing, and RCS tags for contacts.

Google Messages users are finally getting the ability to customize RCS group chat icons, several months after we first spotted the feature in a teardown. As we showcased earlier, this feature lets ...

Group chat indecision just got easier to resolve. Apple is adding built-in polls to the Messages app in iOS 26, giving users a native way to vote on decisions without leaving their conversation.

This way, you will only have to look at the chat icon to know which group chat you are looking at. So, let's check out how you can add custom icons to your group chats in Google Messages.