Customise chat appearance

To customise the look of your chats, you can select a theme for the background and message bubbles. Note that this will only work for RCS conversations.

Change chat appearance

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Select a chat that you want to change the theme of.
3. Tap More Change colours.
   • For chats with an individual contact: Tap the Contact name Change colours.
   • For group chats: Tap the Group name Change colours.
4. To preview a theme, tap the colour from the selection.
5. To select a theme, tap Confirm.

Tip: The theme reverts to the default colours if you:

• Delete a chat with a selected theme.
• Start a new chat with the same contact.

Related resources

• Get started with Google Messages
• Change Messages notifications and settings
• Learn about Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging
• Turn on RCS chats in Google Messages