Earlier this yr, Google Messages launched Profile discovery — which has since been renamed to “Profile sharing” — and is now rolling out a outstanding strategy to “Customise how you might be seen.”

In opening Google Messages as we speak, we have been greeted by a fullscreen “Customise how you might be seen” immediate. Tapping to alter your title and profile picture opens Google Account settings, whereas there’s a “Present title and film to” dropdown menu with three choices:

• Folks you message: Your profile is seen to folks after you ship them a message.
• Solely your contacts: Your profile is seen to folks after you ship them a message, however provided that they’re in your contacts.
• Nobody: Your profile isn’t made seen to anybody after you ship a message.

Beforehand, Profile discovery — which shares your title and picture to folks that have your cellphone quantity when messaging — may solely be turned on or off. With this launch, Google seems to have renamed the setting to “Profile sharing.”

After tapping “Proceed” to set, you’ll be able to entry this “Your profile” web page once more from the avatar menu. 

The help web page on “Google Account & profile sharing in Google Messages” has been up to date since earlier this yr:

The way it works

• Once you sign up to Google Messages together with your Google Account, you’ll be able to select learn how to share your profile info.
• Your title and film is barely shared with Google Messages customers (not iPhone customers) after you ship them a message.
• This doesn’t make your profile publicly seen.
• Your cellphone quantity received’t be seen in different Google apps. It’s solely used to confirm and assist different Google Messages customers join with you.
• When a profile is shared for certainly one of your present contacts, you’ll obtain a brand new image for them in Google Messages, however retain the saved title if it’s completely different.

We’re seeing Your profile on a number of telephones operating the newest Google Messages beta (model 20241014_05_RC00) as we speak, but it surely’s not but extensively rolled out.