1y ago

Google Messages might auto-update your MMS chats to RCS (APK teardown)

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

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That's fine as long as they don't break my RCS for being rooted again. Which I'm sure they would.
I don’t hate this. MMS is awful.
Here in Singapore MMS was discontinued several years ago as people had left for other messaging platforms like WhatsApp long ago.
https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/tech-news/farewell-mms-messaging-service-set-to-end-after-mid-november
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.
- 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.
- dropped support for nonusers
  What do you mean?
  
  It doesn’t support sms anymore. You can only message Signal users.
I've got RCS disabled so hopefully it doesn't. I got a new Android phone which had it unfortunately enabled by default which caused a bunch of messages to not reach their destination.
Bold of them to assume I'll use their shitty app
- I'm sure you have them very concerned
  
  There's dozens of us

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