A few years ago, we could only send plain text messages with 160 characters. There was no option to include any media or attachments, which kept the messages close to 140 bytes. But the Messages app ...

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A bug in the new Google Messages beta, version v20250811, is causing users to see two or even three app icons in their app drawer. The bug affects only beta users. All icons launch the same app, so ...