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- The Google Messages app now lets users send texts to themselves via RCS.
- The app previously restricted users to SMS when texting themselves.
- This means you can now send long text messages, high-quality photos/videos, and more to yourself.
Google Messages is the go-to app if you want RCS messaging on your Android phone, and it’s received a variety of additions in recent months. However, it looks like the app recently got a tweak that’s gone under the radar until now.
Android Authority contributor AssembleDebug and Telegram user Aniruddh noticed that the Google Messages beta (messages.android_20250210_01_RC00.phone.openbeta_dynamic) now lets you text yourself via RCS. I was able to try this on my Pixel 7 Pro running the same Google Messages beta version and can confirm that texts sent to my own number were sent and received via RCS. Note the read receipts and “RCS message” text in the text field.