Google Messages Is Getting Another Powerful New Feature
How-To Geek, Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
Do you want more control over the types of texts, images, and videos you get on Google Messages? If so, we have some good news. This week, we learned that Google is rolling out an optional new feature to prevent NSFW and other unwanted videos from appearing on your phone.
Do you want more control over the types of texts, images, and videos you get on Google Messages? If so, we have some good news. This week, we learned that Google is rolling out an optional new feature to prevent NSFW and other unwanted videos from appearing on your phone.
In 2024, Google discussed several upcoming initiatives to make Google Messages safer. Those changes included preventing spam, blocking numbers, and rolling out a powerful new sensitive content warning system. In April, those sensitive image warnings started appearing, then rolled out to everyone over the summer.
We reported that Google was looking to expand this mode to video back in June, and that's finally happening. Here's what you need to know.