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All RCS Conversations in Google Messages, Including Group Chats, Now End-to-End Encrypted

Tim August 8, 2023 11

Google detailed this morning that as of this week, all RCS conversations inside of Google Messages, including group chats (first launched in beta earlier this year), are now end-to-end encrypted. That means the texts between you and your friends are private,...

AT&T Switches to Google’s Jibe for RCS

Kellen June 9, 2023 23

The adoption of RCS, the advanced text messaging service that has taken over Android, has moved rather quickly in recent years. Carriers were at one point hesitant (or slow) to deploy RCS in a universal way that worked between their customers and those on...

Apple Didn’t Announce RCS for iMessage at WWDC

Kellen June 5, 2023 67

Google really wants Apple "to fix texting." Their campaign to try and convince Apple to include RCS within iMessage has not slowed and is very much an ongoing focus of their messaging pitch. In fact, at Google I/O a couple of weeks ago, Google once again made...

Google Messages Stable Gets Encryption in Group Chats

Kellen April 21, 2023 5

Since we all love encryption and sending messages, there's big news to know about in the world of Google Messages. After first rolling out encryption to group chats in the beta version of Google Messages, folks on stable are apparently now seeing that same...

Google Starts Calling RCS by Its Name

Kellen February 24, 2023 21

When Google rolled out the word "Chat" as the name for RCS messaging however many years ago, it was a very odd choice. Not because the word "chat" doesn't relate to people having conversations, but because it was the name of a back-end service that wouldn't be...

Google Messages Gets Encrypted Group Messaging

Kellen December 2, 2022 7

The messages you send between more than a single other person should be private, right? I'm talking about encryption, and the idea is that no one should be able to read your messages other than the people you are sending them to. With Google Messages, the...

Google Messages Gets a Bunch of New Advanced Features

Kellen October 20, 2022 70

Google Messages is doing its best to become an ultra-advanced messaging platform on Android, thanks to RCS and Google's heavy investment in it. While we wait for Apple to decide to stop being a meanie face over iMessage, Google announced a list of new features...

Apple Tries Its Own Fix for Android Message Reactions, Causes Confusion

Kellen September 29, 2022 24

The ongoing back and forth between Google and Apple concerning RCS and green bubbles took on a new level of confusion this week, when someone noticed that Apple is either taking credit for Google's work or has created its own cross-platform reactions idea....