By default, profile sharing — previously known as “profile discovery” — replaces the locally set photo you have for a contact with their Google Account picture, which appears in the top ...

When starting a chat on Google Messages, Profile Discovery will default to using the contact's Google Account picture. This would have been fine as an option, but users weren't given the option to ...

Google Messages now lets you control who sees your profile picture and name through the Profile discovery feature. Users can choose from three privacy settings: everyone they message, only ...

Starting today, Google is making passkeys the preferred login setting for signing in to your Google account. Instead of relying on a traditional password, users are being asked to create a passkey ...

This is part of “Profile discovery,” which appears in Messages Settings > Advanced once rolled out to your phone. It is a Google Account-level setting that you can turn on/off.