Remix, built with Gemini, is an experimental feature in Google Messages that sparks a fun, back-and-forth creative exchange in your groups and conversations. You can turn any photo into a shared canvas for bringing ideas, shared experiences, and even inside jokes to life, from adding a silly hat to your pet to transforming your group photo into a 70s theme.
Important: When you use Remix, you agree to Google's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and the Prohibited Use Policy. Do not violate others' copyright or privacy rights. Please check your responses and use your discretion before sending content that Remix generates.
What you need to get started
To use Remix, you must:
- Have an Android phone.
- Set your phone's device language to English.
- Have the latest version of Google Messages.
- Testers will get the feature faster. Learn how to test Google Messages features.
- Have a personal Google Account that you manage on your own.
- Be 18 or over.
- Have RCS chats turned on. Learn how to turn on RCS chats.
Countries where Remix in Google Messages is available
Remix is currently available in 7 countries. We're working hard to release it to users in more languages and more places around the world.
Supported countries & territories
- Australia
- Canada
- India
- Ireland
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- United States
How to enter the Remix mode
You can start to remix a photo from several places in the app.
From a photo in a conversation:
- Touch and hold an image in the conversation.
- Tap Remix
.
- Alternatively, tap an image to open it in the full-screen viewer
Remix
- Alternatively, tap an image to open it in the full-screen viewer
From your phone's camera or gallery:
- From your photo gallery:
- In a conversation, tap the gallery icon from the compose bar or attachment drawer.
- Tap a single photo.
- You might have to tap Done for the Remix button to appear.
- In the image preview window, tap Remix
- After taking a new photo:
- In a conversation, from the compose bar or attachment drawer, tap Camera
.
- Take a photo.
- Tap Remix
- In a conversation, from the compose bar or attachment drawer, tap Camera
How to remix a photo
Once you're in the Remix mode, you have a few different options to remix your photo:
Enter a custom prompt:
- Tap the prompt box to display the keyboard.
- Enter a custom prompt into the text box like "add a red hat on the cat".
- You can ask for almost any prompt with Remix, whether you want to set a new theme, add, or remove elements.
- When you're happy with your prompt, tap Remix
Select a suggested prompt:
- Scroll the list of suggested prompts.
- When you find one you like, tap it. The generation will begin automatically.
Remix will then generate a new image. This can take a few seconds.
Remix the photo again or send a remixed photo
- If you want to remix the photo further, you can tap Remix
if you want to start again or go back.
- When the new image is ready, you can send the generated image to your conversation.
- You can also add a caption to be sent with the image.
- To send, tap the Send button. The image will be sent in the conversation.
Important information
How your data is used
When you use Remix, built with Gemini, the prompt and the uploaded and generated images will be temporarily stored and processed by Google servers. To understand how your information is handled, please review Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Report inappropriate content
If you find any generated content to be unsafe or inappropriate, you can report it to Google. In the Preview view, on the image, tap More 
Daily Limit
To ensure a quality experience for everyone, there's a daily limit of image generations per user.
Why Remix might not create new content
Remix may refuse to generate content if a prompt or source media is flagged for a possible violation of Google's Terms of Service, including the Prohibited Use Policy.