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Google Messages turning on RCS by default, group E2E encryption launches(9to5google.com)

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Dandroid@dandroid.app
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Make a public RCS API for Android. Stop trying to get people to use your app by withholding features from third party apps.

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NeonWoofGenesis@l.henlo.fi
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Yeah I thought RCS was going to be this platform-agnostic service à la SMS.

I’m trying out matrix with my close family and it’s working great. Bonus points it doesn’t require a phone number or even a phone at all.

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Another Person @lemmy.world
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Last time I tried to introducing my family to an alternate messaging that wasn’t the default app on their phone I started getting messages in both places with no rhyme or reason to why they would use one over the other.

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nudny ekscentryk@szmer.info
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Yeah I thought RCS was going to be this platform-agnostic service à la SMS.

well in fact it is, but noone except I believe T-Mobile in the US and Samsung actually did it; everyone else just uses Google’s implemention because it’s a ready product and works great. well, except Apple, who doesn’t do it for their own bullshit reasons

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TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemdro.id
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Samsung on AT&T used the carrier implementation of it at least on the S22, which is broke AF. They announced they will be moving to Jibe from Google, but no time line is available AFAIK. Until then we are stuck with a broken RCS implementation.

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GrimChaos@lemm.ee
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Thanks you! I use Textra, it’s so much better than the stock app but Google never opened up their API. I believe for Google said they were going to back in like 2018 or something (if I’m not mistaken, which I could be)

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Sarcastik@lemmy.world
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Textra was the best before rcs was launched. Id love to see them get their hands on an API for it.

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GrimChaos@lemm.ee
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I tried switching to the Google app for a month or two. I ended up back at Textra. Turns out I care more about the user experience than rcs. Still, it would be nice to have rcs but I can live without it. But I agree, I’d love to see them get their hands on the API.

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