Google Messages celebrates 10 billion installations. Phone also surpassed a significant milestone Home News The Google Messages app has surpassed 10 billion downloads on the Play Store Meanwhile, Google Phone has reached 5 billion downloads and is among the most used dialers Samsung's and operators' switch to Google Messages as the default app contributed to its growth Sdílejte: Adam Kurfürst Published: 28. 3. 2026 05:30 Advertisement When Google unified its chaotic messengers into a single Messages app years ago, few expected it to become one of the world’s largest communication tools. Now it turns out that this bet paid off – the app has just surpassed 10 billion downloads on Google Play. Rapid Growth Thanks to Partnerships Google Phone Close Behind Rapid Growth Thanks to Partnerships Google Messages reached 1 billion downloads in May 2020 and 5 billion in September 2023. Samsung significantly contributed to the current doubling, as it started prioritizing Google Messages over its own app on its Galaxy phones. The American operator Verizon acted similarly. An important milestone was also Apple’s adoption of RCS in September 2024, which further supported the relevance of Google Messages as the default RCS client on Android. At I/O 2025, Google revealed that over 1 billion RCS messages are sent daily in the US alone. Google Phone Close Behind Along with Messages, the Google Phone app is also celebrating success, having recently surpassed 5 billion downloads. Although the latest features are often exclusive to Pixel phones, all users can enjoy features like caller ID cards or the new Material 3 Expressive design. Both apps are thus among the absolute top of the Play Store. In the 10 billion download category, we find, for example, YouTube, Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, and Google Photos. Do you use Google Messages as your main messenger? Source: 9to5Google About the author Adam Kurfürst Adam studuje na gymnáziu a technologické žurnalistice se věnuje od svých 14 let. Pakliže pomineme jeho vášeň pro chytré telefony, tablety a příslušenství, rád se… More about the author Sdílejte: Google Telefon Google Zprávy Google You might be interested in Pixel Watch to get free blood pressure and insulin resistance trends. Older models will also receive them Jakub Kárník 10:30 Some Pixels are experiencing contactless payment failures. According to users, a restart helps Jakub Kárník 08:30 Google Assistant on Android is ending. Gemini is already removing the option to switch back Jakub Kárník 04:30 Gemini will now look into Google Wallet. Disconnecting will not delete saved data Jakub Kárník 29. 9. Games in Android Auto are officially here. You can play Angry Birds and Candy Crush on your car's display Adam Kurfürst 29. 9. Googlebooks might come to Czechia early next year. We briefly tried one of the models Adam Kurfürst 28. 9.