Themes in Google Messages

[requa]

I just discovered I now have the option to apply themes including photo backgrounds to chats in Google Messages. I know this is a hot topic and was surprised to see no recent post about this on the S26 board (unless it was buried in that atrocious pinned thread I'm avoiding like the plague). Is this limited to OneUI 9 beta? I am not using a beta version of Messages. 

[Tidbitty]

No it's Google. They have been very slow.

[CoreyDeane76]

Yeah i still haven't gotten that beta update from Google yet🫤. I cam only change the colors still.

[Robin621k]

There were many posts about it coming and when it went live to those in Messages Beta.

I got it on June 28th

[Robin621k]

In the Beta, lost it last week, uninstalled the applied the update again, restarted my phone and a couple of minutes later it came back.