Google Messages

messages.android_20260731_00_RC00.phone_dynamic

Google LLC

4.24

44,541,299 reviews

10,000,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Simple, helpful messaging by Google

About Google Messages

Google Messages is a communication app developed by Google LLC.

How many times has Google Messages been downloaded?

Google Messages has been downloaded 11 billion times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 160 million times. It is ranked in the top 100 communication apps.

What is the rating of Google Messages?

Google Messages is rated 4.24 out of 5 stars, based on 45 million ratings.

Is Google Messages free?

Google Messages is free to download. The APK download size is 134.01 MB. The latest version available is messages.android_20260731_00_RC00.phone_dynamic. The last update was on August 7, 2026.

What are the requirements for Google Messages?

The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play November 2014.

Description

Google Messages is the official Google app for messaging.

More data about Google Messages

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	11 billion
Recent downloads	160 million
Rating	4.24 based on 45 million ratings
Ranking	Top ranked
Version	messages.android_20260731_00_RC00.phone_dynamic
APK size	134.0 MB
Number of libraries	37
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Messages compared with similar apps

Common keywords of similar apps

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Keywords missing from this app

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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5.5M

Downloads over time

Google Messages has been downloaded 11 billion times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 5.2 million downloads per day.

Changelog of Google Messages

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Developer information for Google LLC

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Comments on Google Messages for Android

★★★★★ Raja Dani · Aug 12, 2026

Good but is time ni chl rhi error a raha

★★★★☆ John · Aug 12, 2026

Put the sim card labels on messages to differentiate the sim cards if both of them are of the same network as Safari com.

★☆☆☆☆ Becky · Aug 8, 2026

I have a 2020 Samsung Galaxy and was forced into using this app when Samsung stopped supporting their internal messaging app. Even with all the settings toggled on to allow Wi-Fi and or sms texts depending on my service and am not getting text messages at all, and they are coming in the wrong order. My phone seemingly cannot support this new "software" on its old "hardware"

★☆☆☆☆ Shannon Smith · Jul 26, 2026

I'd give this app a ZERO star if the option were available. Unfortunately the play store update to my SAMSUNG message app was suddenly made obsolete, and I'm now forced to use Google messages. RCS chats on the Google message app are not supported on my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Android, however I did not have this particular problem with the SAMSUNG message app (same device). Are we to understand that Google is biased? Is there any particular reason why I cannot receive video messages? U Suck

Google Play Rankings for Google Messages

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
20	United States	Communication	Top Free
31	Japan	Communication	Top Free
53	Canada	Communication	Top Free
57	France	Communication	Top Free
42	Mexico	Communication	Top Free
47	South Korea	Communication	Top Free
101	Germany	Communication	Top Free
52	Australia	Communication	Top Free
62	United Kingdom	Communication	Top Free
64	Czech Republic	Communication	Top Free

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Technologies used by Google Messages

Google Messages is requesting 82 permissions and is using 37 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Your personal information

read your contacts, read your own contact card, modify your contacts

Services that cost you money

directly call phone numbers, send SMS messages

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Your messages

read cell broadcast messages, read your text messages (SMS or MMS), receive text messages (MMS), receive text messages (SMS), receive text messages (WAP), edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)

Network communication

view network connections, download files without notification, full network access, receive data from Internet

Your accounts

read Google service configuration

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Phone calls

modify phone state, read phone status and identity, android.permission.READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE

Hardware controls

take pictures and videos, record audio, control vibration

System tools

change network connectivity, measure app storage space, run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_MESSAGES_ON_ICC, android.permission.ACCESS_RCS_USER_CAPABILITY_EXCHANGE, android.permission.CONNECTIVITY_USE_RESTRICTED_NETWORKS, android.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_RECORDING, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROCESSING, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_REMOTE_MESSAGING, android.permission.PERFORM_IMS_SINGLE_REGISTRATION, android.permission.PERSONAL_CONTEXT_HOST_INSIGHT_SURFACE, android.permission.PERSONAL_CONTEXT_PUBLISH_HINTS, android.permission.PERSONAL_CONTEXT_READ_SETTINGS, android.permission.PERSONAL_CONTEXT_RECEIVE_INSIGHTS, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.QUERY_ADVANCED_PROTECTION_MODE, android.permission.QUERY_USERS, android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED, android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS, android.permission.READ_PRECISE_PHONE_STATE, android.permission.READ_SYSTEM_GRAMMATICAL_GENDER, android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS, android.permission.SATELLITE_COMMUNICATION, android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM, android.permission.START_FOREGROUND_SERVICES_FROM_BACKGROUND, com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT, com.cequint.ecid.CALLER_ID_EXTERNAL_LOOKUP_SMS, com.google.android.apps.aicore.service.BIND_SERVICE, com.google.android.apps.stargate.endpointservice.ACCESS_ENDPOINT_SERVICE, com.google.android.apps.stargate.permission.END_EMERGENCY_INTENTS, com.google.android.apps.stargate.permission.SEND_EMERGENCY_INTENTS, com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, com.google.android.ims.LOG_ACCESS, com.google.android.ims.providers.ACCESS_DATA, com.google.android.setupwizard.READ_DEVICE_ORIGIN, com.google.android.setupwizard.READ_DEVICE_ORIGIN_FIRST_PARTY, com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE, com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE, com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE, com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE, com.sonymobile.launcher.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE