Tag: Messaging Apps

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The latest version of the Google Messages app finally makes it easy to see if a contact uses RCS. Contacts now have an “RCS” badge to the right of their name. This is a ...

A Discord ID differs from your Discord account username. It contains a unique 18-digit string that doesn’t change. Discord IDs publicly identify individual users, messages, Discord servers, and channels. This step-by-step guide shows how to copy and paste a Discord ...

Quick Links What is RCS Messaging, and what’s different about it vs. regular text messages (SMS)? Google Messages may prompt you to activate RCS before you set it up How to turn on RCS chats in the Google Messages app ...

Summary The Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol offers major upgrades over SMS/MMS, including features like high-res images and typing notifications. The RCS adoption push was fueled partly by the industry’s desire for improved automated marketing and streamlined engagement. RCS advertisement, ...

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced that over one billion RCS messages are sent in the US every day. This figure comes over six months after Apple adopted the standard on iOS. RCS enables features like high-quality ...

Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Despite earlier indications of phasing out Samsung Messages in favor of Google Messages, Samsung is actively developing new features for its native messaging app. Upcoming features in Samsung Messages, discovered in an ...

Messaging on Android has always felt like a work in progress. While iPhone users have long enjoyed the simplicity and cohesiveness of iMessage, Android users continue to juggle multiple apps, protocols, and inconsistencies. Google has tried to bring order to ...

We share a lot of information with our family, friends, and co-workers via messaging apps installed on our Android phones. While not all of our messages contain sensitive information, many are private. Most communication apps have built-in security standards to ...

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR A recent WhatsApp beta build for Android lets some users check view-once media on linked devices. Before this change, users were limited to viewing expiring attachments on their primary phones. This could make it ...