I turned off these 8 Google Messages features, and the app is so much better now
The Messages app is better with these things turned off.
Google Messages, a feature-rich messaging app, offers various functionalities that users can enable or disable according to their preferences. In a recent week-long experiment, a user turned off several features and found the app to be significantly better. The features disabled included Gemini, Profile sharing, RCS chats, outgoing and incoming message sounds, bubbles, message follow-up reminders, and read receipts and typing indicators.
The user found the app's interface less chaotic, notifications less intrusive, and experienced a more private, distraction-free messaging experience.
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