Google Messages might make it easy to juggle multiple accounts (APK teardow

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• Google Messages appears to be working on a way to indicate the profile being used to send messages.
• The app is also expanding its profile management tools, suggesting this is all part of a broader effort.
• This functionality may be part of in-development dual-SIM support.

Now that iOS 18 is out, many iPhone users are getting their first taste of RCS. For Android fans, that just means a whole lot of new people to start engaging with using the full set of RCS features in Messages. Today we’re checking out one way Google’s been working on improving Messages that could be handy for users with multiple accounts or who work with multiple SIMs.

We’re looking at version messages.android_20240916_01_RC00.phone.openbeta_d ynamic of the Messages app, where we’re able to access some early work towards a UI that displays a new “Sending as…” indicator reflecting the Google account you’re currently signed into Messages with. So far we’ve only been able to activate this message when engaging with a group chat, and haven’t seen any kind of similar text with one-on-one conversations.




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