Today’s Google Messages beta introduces a small bug that has you seeing two identical icons for the Android app.
After installing beta version 20250811_03_RC00 today, you will see a pair of “Messages” icons in your app launcher. They appear side-by-side and work to launch the application with no differences between the two instances.
Amusingly, we’re seeing both icons appear in the Pixel Launcher’s app list suggestions at the top of that grid. Otherwise, if Messages is already on your homescreen, this bug will go unnoticed. It does not appear twice in search.
It’s happening on both Pixel and Samsung devices we checked today. The next beta update will presumably fix this problem, but there are no usability downsides.
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