Communication

Updated Material Design 2 theme.
Dark mode.

Meet Android Messages, Android's official app for texting (SMS, MMS) and chat (RCS). Message anyone from anywhere with the reliability of texting and the richness of chat. Stay in touch with friends and family, send group texts, and share your favorite pictures, videos, and audio messages.

Clean design
A colorful, intuitive design makes communicating faster and more fun.

Easy sharing
Select or take pictures and videos directly from the app and share easily. You can even send audio messages to your contacts.

Richer conversations
Send audio messages, emoji, stickers, or your location.

Powerful search
Search through conversation threads to find exactly what you're looking for.

Chat features (RCS)
On supported carriers, you can send and receive messages over Wi-Fi or your data network, see when friends have read your message, and more.
Android Messages is supported on devices running Android™ 5.0 Lollipop and above.

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This release comes in several variants (we currently have 12). Consult our handy FAQ to see which download is right for you.

Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_alldpi.armeabi-v7a.phone) APK
35048230
August 18, 2018
armeabi-v7a
Android 5.0+
nodpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_hdpi.armeabi-v7a.phone) APK 2
35048234
August 17, 2018
armeabi-v7a
Android 5.0+
213-240dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_xxhdpi.armeabi-v7a.phone) APK
35048238
August 18, 2018
armeabi-v7a
Android 5.0+
400-480dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_alldpi.arm64-v8a.phone) APK 1
35048240
August 18, 2018
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
nodpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_hdpi.arm64-v8a.phone) APK
35048244
August 18, 2018
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
213-240dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_xxhdpi.arm64-v8a.phone) APK 1
35048248
August 16, 2018
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
400-480dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_xxxhdpi.arm64-v8a.phone) APK
35048249
August 16, 2018
arm64-v8a
Android 5.0+
560-640dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_alldpi.x86.phone) APK
35048270
August 18, 2018
x86
Android 5.0+
nodpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_hdpi.x86.phone) APK
35048274
August 18, 2018
x86
Android 5.0+
213-240dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_hdpi.armeabi-v7a.phone) APK
35048334
August 18, 2018
armeabi-v7a
Android 8.0+
213-240dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_hdpi.arm64-v8a.phone) APK
35048344
August 18, 2018
arm64-v8a
Android 8.0+
213-240dpi
3.5.048 (Zither_RC14_hdpi.x86.phone) APK
35048374
August 18, 2018
x86
Android 8.0+
213-240dpi
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