In our APK teardown, we discovered strings of code that suggest Google Messages will automatically upgrade MMS chats to RCS.

  • rhythmisaprancer
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    148 months ago

    Is RCS still a Google-driven scheme? I liked using Signal and its ability for messaging high quality images but it dropped support for nonusers.

    • @[email protected]
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      118 months ago

      Google’s the main backer but it’s technically an open standard. Apple is implementing support in iOS 18 too, reluctantly. Google also has non-standard extensions on top of it like e2e encryption. I wish they would standardize it but that’s a pretty important feature and maybe it’s ok that they brought it out before it could become standard.

    • ByteMe
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      8 months ago

      dropped support for nonusers

      What do you mean?

      • @AProfessional
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        8 months ago

        It doesn’t support sms anymore. You can only message Signal users.

        • rhythmisaprancer
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          18 months ago

          I could have phrased this much better, thanks for interpreting for me haha. That is exactly what I meant.