Last month, Google added end-to-end encryption support for RCS group chats in the Messages app. Google has been focused on improving the default messaging experience for Android users in recent months, and now Google Messages may be preparing to add the ability to support user profiles in the Google Messages app.
As per a screenshot posted in a Reddit mail from u/seeareeff, Google may start adding user profiles to Google Messages. The screenshot contains a page in the app’s settings called “Profile” with “Visibility” controls and settings for “notifications” that would allow you to receive alerts when someone joins Google Messages.
Source: Reddit u/seeareeff
While these options can be found by searching for “Profiles” in Android’s Settings app, the switches do nothing. Also, there’s no evidence to show us what a Google Message profile could look like. Google is likely testing the feature internally and plans to release it in a future beta version of the Messages app.
Profiles could make it easier for you to identify other participants in a group chat or if someone is messaging you from an unknown number. Messaging apps have been using profiles for years, but this would be a feature that not even Apple has with iMessage. The real question is, do users need profiles for Google’s RCS messaging app?
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