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TL;DR
- Google Messages users are encountering issues with the new chat theme feature.
- The chat theme option is disappearing and reappearing for some.
- Others report a noticeable lag and occasional freezing.
After months of testing, Google finally widely rolled out chat themes in the Messages app in August. This feature lets you set a background for a chat, giving you another way to customize your individual conversations. While it’s an exciting addition to the app, it looks like the feature is already having a couple of issues.
If chat themes suddenly disappeared from the Google Messages app for you, then you’re not alone. Some users who recently got the feature claim that it is now gone for them. Others say that chat themes disappeared, then suddenly reappeared. A Google representative has replied to one of the Reddit threads, advising users to check the Play Store for a Messages app update, as a fix may have already been released.
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