A small change to Google Messages settings moves where you can find who's providing your Rich Communication Services (RCS).

A small change to Google Messages settings moves where you can find who’s providing your Rich Communication Services (RCS).

    • smoothbrain coldtakesEnglish
      9•1 month ago

      RCS is a carrier feature.

      The centralization exists with iMessage because only iPhones can use the protocol. By fall of 2024 RCS will be adopted by iPhones as well.

      • @[email protected]English
        7•1 month ago

        In the US, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have slowly moved to Google’s Jibe platform after years of maintaining their own servers for Rich Communication Services

        I understand that the service is not provided by carriers any more but by Google.

        And they hide this information a bit further in the app.

        • smoothbrain coldtakesEnglish
          6•1 month ago

          This sounds like a problem exclusive to the United States. In Canada all of our carriers still provide RCS. Rogers was one of the first major telcoms to implement RCS country-wide for Androids prior to the major rollout elsewhere.

          Additionally, RCS is a generally open standard that can be adopted by anyone and implemented by any carrier. Google only runs their RCS back-end when carriers are unwilling or unable to do so, like in other regions worldwide. RCS is interoperable and even if it’s a system being used by Google, it’s an open standard. Apple were the ones not allowing the interoperability here, and causing the centralization.

          • @[email protected]English
            1•1 month ago

            This sounds like a problem exclusive to the United States.

            I think that in France it’s the same problem. But that hard to find informations about it.

            Apple were the ones not allowing the interoperability here, and causing the centralization.

            I don’t see why you say that. Can you explain?