{"id":729036,"date":"2026-06-27T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/729036\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:39:16","slug":"how-to-get-google-messages-chat-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/729036\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Google Messages Chat Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the week, a small group of Google Messages users noticed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/06\/24\/rollout-of-custom-themes-in-google-messages-begins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they were able to set a Chat Theme<\/a> after weeks of teases and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/04\/14\/google-messages-customization-features-incoming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">early previews<\/a> for the feature. Today, Chat Themes in Google Messages appear to be widely rolling out to beta users, once they complete a little trick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those who missed Google Messages Chat Themes, this is a highly requested feature from its most vocal users, especially those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/04\/06\/samsung-messages-will-be-discontinued-in-july\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">used Samsung Messages in the past<\/a> and were forced to move their chat experience over. The idea here is that beyond just setting a color for your chats, you could set a custom theme with an image background of your own choosing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again, this feature was very limited a couple of days ago, but most are now able to get it live as long as they are enrolled in the Google Messages beta program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"677\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322046\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Google-Messages-Chat-Themes-980x677.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to use Google Messages Custom Themes:<\/p>\n<p>To get started, enroll in the Google Messages beta program (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/apps\/testing\/com.google.android.apps.messaging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>Once enrolled, you\u2019ll head into Google Play and check for an update to the beta.<\/p>\n<p>Once updated, open Google Messages and then open a message thread\/conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Tap the 3-dot menu in the top right corner and look for \u201cChat theme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s not there, you\u2019ll need to close the app completely and re-open it.<\/p>\n<p>Swipe up and hold to open the app switcher, then swipe the app away<\/p>\n<p>Once re-opened check again for the \u201cChat theme\u201d option in a thread\u2019s menu<\/p>\n<p>If there, tap it and then you\u2019ll be inside Chat Theme area where you can choose color, pre-selected images, or \u201cChoose a photo\u201d of your own.<\/p>\n<p>Pick an image and then \u201cApply\u201d to set it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us know if you aren\u2019t seeing the option yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-light-dark-highlight-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Google Play Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Messages<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier in the week, a small group of Google Messages users noticed that they were able to set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-729036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}