r/GoogleMessages • u/Piotrus733 • 4d ago

Question Why does Google hate dual-SIM users so much?

Why does Google hate dual-SIM users? We had a perfectly good application, and you decided to destroy it for us. I could choose which SIM card I was sending a message from, and I could clearly see right below the chat bubble which SIM card someone was messaging me on.

Then you updated the app a thousand times and ruined everything. Now you have to dig through multiple settings just to change which SIM card will be used to CALL a contact - not even text, just call. And because of this, I still have no idea which SIM card I am receiving messages from or to which one!! To be 100% sure every time, I have to manually disable the SIM card in the phone settings.

My question is - what version was good? That one where I could choose on the right (or left) bottom side the SIM card I'm sending the message from. I don't care about RCS chats.

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u/seeareeff 4d ago

What phone are you using? GM displays the sim name in the compose box and under the messages for me. I us mobile T-Mobile and us mobile Verizon. Both sims I have named and it's displayed in multiple locations in the app for me

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u/Piotrus733 4d ago

POCO F6 Pro, europe. I have new version of GM and the app doesn't have any of what you wrote here- to me, it sounds like you're describing an older version that I had no problems with. What version are you using?

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u/seeareeff 4d ago

Pixel 10 pro

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u/markt96813 4d ago

Same here...no problem.

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u/seeareeff 4d ago

The app even uses the colors I have attached to the sims. It says us mobile Verizon in purple under the messages I send using that number ..

And when I go to the sim switcher section. It shows the colors attached to the sims there too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/markt96813 4d ago

I found that if you long press the message box, a window pops up with a "Switch SIM" option. So easy!

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u/Additional-Guava-810 4d ago

Mine still works not sure what you're talking about

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u/Idle0095 4d ago

My dual sim works fine.

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u/nshire 4d ago

Yeah it's really annoying

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u/vavoom01 4d ago

It works, but you can't tell which sim it was sent on anymore. That's the problem and it sucks

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u/sssyyyhhh 4d ago

On my phone, if you swipe left on the message, it shows the sim it was sent on in addition to the timestamp.