The RCS app’s selection of settings makes it a fantastic default messaging app for the Google Pixel or any Android phone.

This guide will take you through everything we think you should set up in Google Messages on your Android device.

One of the best things that Google Messages can do is automatically delete OTP – one-time passwords – after 24 hours.

Bubbles are turned on by default when you first set up your Android device and Google Messages.

Fortunately, Google Messages can automatically transcribe those voice messages.

Suggestions in Google Messages are really a subset of multiple optional features that fall into one category.

Those features will work when Google Messages decides that more info is needed in a conversation.

With Google Messages, you can set swipe actions to two options: archive and delete.

Though iPhones don’t utilize RCS messaging, Google Messages is able to translate iPhone reactions to emoji

In all, there are a few options that are really worth trying out and setting up with Google Messages

The RCS app has easily become one of our favorite messaging apps on just about any Android phone – especially the Pixel series – hands down