Verizon users have opposed this decision. They complain that Google Messages lack many of the features offered by Verizon Message+, which isn’t entirely true, as Google notes in a new post.
The company has highlighted all the features that Verizon Message+ users have come to rely on which are also available on Google Messages, including changing background and bubble colors, customizing notification sounds, muting conversations, enabling Dark Mode, making the font size bigger or smaller, and editing profile name and picture.
Google Messages has many of the features found on Verizon Message+ including forwarding texts, turning on Dark Mode, customising bubbles, and scheduling messages. | Image Credit – Google” 
Additionally, Google has also cleared some misconceptions about Google Messages. For instance, some consumers believe the app only works on Wi-Fi, whereas the truth is that it can work over data when Wi-Fi isn’t available.
Google Messages also lets you pin important conversations, forward messages and schedule messages to be sent at a future time. And though images and videos are not automatically saved, unlike in Verizon Message+, you do have the option of manually saving them to your device.Some users will continue to bemoan stuff that Verizon Messages+ did better, such as providing a greater degree of customization, amazing search features, and better syncing between devices. That is unlikely to prolong its lifespan again so if you are still using the app, it’s time to delete it from your phone and switch to another messaging client if you wish to continue sending and receiving texts.