Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is preparing new RCS labels for contacts. The app will soon display an RCS tag next to the names and numbers of contacts using RCS. In addition to the RCS label, Google ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A recurring Google Messages bug prevents some users from activating RCS, leaving devices stuck with SMS. Users have found that clearing the app cache and data for Google Messages and Carrier Services can fix ...
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR RCS messaging on iPhones is now finally available to Google Fi subscribers. The feature is rolling out to compatible iPhones with the iOS 18.4 update. Users can enable it by tapping on the RCS ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Screen Effects add some big screen-filling animations to your Google Messages chats. So far, Screen Effects have been activated by using specific text trigger phrases. Messages now appears to respond similarly when you send ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The RCS Universal Profile v2.7 introduces new features like message editing and the ability to remotely delete sent texts. Google Messages has been working on implementing remote deletion since at least last month. While ...
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messaging between iPhone and Android users is coming soon via the new Universal Profile 3.0 specifications from GSMA. The new standard supports the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol, which ...
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR iOS 18.4 Beta 2 appears to add an RCS toggle for Google Fi and T-Mobile MVNOs, but activation of the feature is still pending for some users. This marks a shift from September when ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages is preparing to add new deletion capabilities for RCS chats. You will soon have an option to delete RCS chats for yourself or for everyone, including you and the recipient. Google Messages ...
Talk about an emotional rollercoaster! Recently, Samsung gave us the news that it would be getting rid of one of its oldest apps, Samsung Messages. In its stead, Galaxy users would have Google Messages out of the box. Be that ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced an RCS upgrade for 911 texting last year, and the rollout is expected in winter across the US. In line with this rollout announcement, we’ve spotted new code within Google Messages that ...
