Like most messaging apps, Google Messages uses indicators for each stage of the message delivery system, split into Sending, Sent, Delivered, and Read. In August 2024, we started seeing hints of a ...

In August of 2024, Google Messages started testing a circular redesign of read receipts. This has been slowly rolling out since then, and there now looks to be wide availability for beta users.

Earlier this year, Google Messages seemed to have settled on a new design for read receipts. The RCS app rolled that back, but is now pursuing one element of that big redesign. The major read receipts ...

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