Google Messages finally has an easy way to see who has RCS

You no longer need to initiate a chat with each contact to see if they have RCS. Thank goodness.

May 29, 2025 - 10:20

Google Messages finally has an easy way to see who has RCS

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority

The latest version of the Google Messages app finally makes it easy to see if a contact uses RCS.
Contacts now have an “RCS” badge to the right of their name.
This is a welcome departure from having to open a chat with each contact to see if they use it.

Google Messages has supported RCS for years now, but one missing feature is the ability to quickly check which contacts are using this standard. We discovered last month that Google was working on RCS labels, and it looks like this feature is finally available to users.

9to5Google and Redditors report that Google Messages now displays a badge next to contacts that have RCS. The badges are displayed in the contact list that appears after you tap the “start chat” button. The labels are said to be available in the latest beta version of the app (version 20250527_01_RC00), although we can’t see them yet on our phones. Check out the screenshot below, courtesy of Redditor anirruddhdodiya.