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Android helps Apple "Get the Message"

I’m not a fan of the “war” between Android and Apple when it comes to SMS/texting. The rest of the world doesn’t use SMS/RCS/iMessage as much as WhatsApp and the like, so the US is pretty much lagging behind everyone else on this anyway.

That being said, I have to admit Android did a good job with this!

Osiris ,

Can some custom rom group do the same type of video but about Google not allowing third party sms apps to use RCS?

hypelightfly ,

Not using proprietary protocols isn't lagging behind.

pseudorandom ,

Signal. Use Signal.

JetpackJackson ,

I would like to use it but no one else does

possiblylinux127 ,

Make them

Polar ,

Signal removed SMS integration, making adoption less likely.

When I could install Signal on my parents phones, and they could SMS and Signal message in the same app, it was great. Especially since any contacts that happened to have Signal, it just worked. My parents didn’t have to do anything.

After Signal removed SMS, my parents just open up Google Messages and message everyone from there. They don’t want to juggle two apps. They also don’t really understand it. They just go back to the “main menu”, select their friends name, and type. Signal shot themselves in the foot.

LeylaLove , (edited )

Lol this is funny. I wouldn’t really call it much of a war, it’s Apple holding back easily implemented features to cater to elitism. Would platforms like WhatsApp have taken over so heavily if basic texting was actually good enough?

HidingCat ,

Yea, basic texting is ass. As much as I don't like WhatsApp or Meta, it's still better than plain SMS.

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    CameronDev ,

    Give google a break, its hard for them to keep track of what message backend is in which app. They have created and killed 5 messaging apps in the time I wrote out this comment, how can you expect them to know whats going on?

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    AbidanYre ,

    And then cancel it two weeks later.

    lemann ,

    I miss Hangouts 🥲

    MidRomney ,

    I miss shouting and whispering with Allo

    mosiacmango ,

    Wheres my Google circle crowd at? Y’all move over to Wave?

    SirEDCaLot ,

    I miss Messenger with XMPP

    dinckelman ,

    This kind of shit is why I’ve been working on replacing things, and leaving their ecosystem. There are 57 ways to do everything, and nothing ever works properly.

    I am all about tweaking and changing things, or adopting something new, but that’s all under the assumption that it works. One of the reason why people like iMessage is because they don’t have to fuck with thirdparty apps, half of which can’t even receive a text message without issues

    GenderNeutralBro ,

    I’m not using RCS until it is available with no vendor lock-in. Call me when third-party apps like Textra can use it, and I don’t need to use Google’s relay.

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    lemann ,

    When RCS first came out, my carrier provided their own app to use it lol

    steal_your_face ,
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    I trust my carrier even less than Google, which is saying something.

    Polar ,

    Canadian carriers did, but they since have started moving towards Google’s RCS servers instead. Probably realized it wasn’t worth hosting a server, and then maintaining it. I remember some carriers wouldn’t update their servers, so not all RCS features would be available to them.

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    It should just be an API that any text messaging app can use on Android, with the ability to define your own relay if desired.

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