Google gives up on US carriers - RCS Update Live in Play Store/Rolling Out

[ricflairwoo2]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-to-roll-out-rcs-messaging-to-us-android-devices/

Update is available. Received it last night.

 

[cribble2k]

Re: Google gives up on US carriers, will roll out its own RCS chat system

Apple won't allow this to be successful....

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Re: Google gives up on US carriers, will roll out its own RCS chat system

Apple won't allow this to be successful....

They have no choice. Messages is an Android app not iOS so apple can't stop them.

 

[onthecouchagain]

Re: Google gives up on US carriers, will roll out its own RCS chat system

Is there a desktop app to coincide with this?

 

[ricflairwoo2]

Re: Google gives up on US carriers, will roll out its own RCS chat system

Is there a desktop app to coincide with this?

Messages already has a desktop option in the app. Just select. "Messages from Web." I used it with my Pixel 2XL browser when I had to charge my Pixel 4 XL.

 

[kolyan2k]

Got app updated on tmobile and Pixel 3, but still no RCS option

 

[LeoRex]

Got app updated on tmobile and Pixel 3, but still no RCS option

Remember that many of these features include server-side authorization. Google's doing their usual staged roll out, so you just have to wait and see.

 

[iFortWorth]

Unless I'm missing something, this will generally, at this time on people using Google Messages, is that correct? As far as true rcs to rcs. So, if that's the case, one will have a hard time fully utilizing it. Hopefully, Google will release an API so that third-party messaging apps can incorporate it.

 

[ricflairwoo2]

Got app updated on tmobile and Pixel 3, but still no RCS option

It's not an option. You go up to Chat Features. If you select that and see "Connected" in green letters, you have been updated and received RCS.

 

[VidJunky]

I got mine this way... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL3c4WkWfxY

So I really don't know if I've gotten any update or not. To be honest after reading the OP's attached article and my experience so far with Google Messages, I'm not even sure if it's worth it. No encryption, no scheduled messaging, no driving mode, you only get the full/most of the benefits if both parties have it and... well and did I miss anything, you tell me?

Everyone, even some Android users, talk about how great iMessages is. Ok so that's not everybody, but most of those apposed throw out WhatsApp which sucks in its own right. It ONLY works if both parties have it, and there's no outside of the app contact at all. In my own personal opinion the only way anything like this is going to catch on, take-off, last or even make a dent in iMessages' armor is if devices start shipping with it, and of course they fix some of the major flaws. I mean encryption at the very least, it's so basic.

 

[ricflairwoo2]

I got mine this way... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL3c4WkWfxY

So I really don't know if I've gotten any update or not. To be honest after reading the OP's attached article and my experience so far with Google Messages, I'm not even sure if it's worth it. No encryption, no scheduled messaging, no driving mode, you only get the full/most of the benefits if both parties have it and... well and did I miss anything, you tell me?

Everyone, even some Android users, talk about how great iMessages is. Ok so that's not everybody, but most of those apposed throw out WhatsApp which sucks in its own right. It ONLY works if both parties have it, and there's no outside of the app contact at all. In my own personal opinion the only way anything like this is going to catch on, take-off, last or even make a dent in iMessages' armor is if devices start shipping with it, and of course they fix some of the major flaws. I mean encryption at the very least, it's so basic.

You wrote a few paragraphs about nothing at all. Chill out...

 

[VidJunky]

You wrote a few paragraphs about nothing at all. Chill out...

Thanks for pointing that out... I actually thought I was talking about RCS. Referenced the article and things from it, which no one else had, but... I can chill.

 

[swebb]

You wrote a few paragraphs about nothing at all. Chill out...

Yeah, a little harsh there. Seems like a concise summary of the issues with RCS with a little commentary added. Nothing to get annoyed about.

 

[ricflairwoo2]

Yeah, a little harsh there. Seems like a concise summary of the issues with RCS with a little commentary added. Nothing to get annoyed about.

If you can determine annoyance from a post over the internet, you're a genius. You know what they say about assuming right?

 

[VidJunky]

Yeah, a little harsh there. Seems like a concise summary of the issues with RCS with a little commentary added. Nothing to get annoyed about.

Thank you. I thought I was completely on topic. Can't see how it didn't fit.

 

[mustang7757]

It's not only about read receipts or watching hand writing of the other person, you get better send and receive picture /video quality and works over wifi . At this point no RCS from carriers or Google offer end to end encryption.

 

[VidJunky]

It's not only about read receipts or watching hand writing of the other person, you get better send and receive picture /video quality and works over wifi . At this point no RCS from carriers or Google offer end to end encryption.

Yeah in another thread where the OP was seeking input to help them weigh Android vs. iOS many of the comments centered around iMessage and how well it does pictures and video sharing. (I think you popped in that one too.) This of course lead into talk about WhatsApp and how Google needed to step up its game in this area. Because of Google's inability, lack of initiative or whatever was stopping them from trying to compete on this front and carriers doing the same, I and I think many others had all but given up trying to share via any type of messaging. I was sharing links for pictures and videos via Google Photos or Google Drive. Never had any issues and it wasn't complicated, it was what I became accustom to. So being able to share from a messaging app doesn't feel like that much of a big deal to me. Maybe once I get used to doing it that way. First though this will have to become enough of a standard, either with Google Messages or some other service, that enough people adopt it to make it viable. Then we all start feeling the same way iMessages folks do. Hahaha

Go Yank's!

 

[mustang7757]

Yeah in another thread where the OP was seeking input to help them weigh Android vs. iOS many of the comments centered around iMessage and how well it does pictures and video sharing. (I think you popped in that one too.) This of course lead into talk about WhatsApp and how Google needed to step up its game in this area. Because of Google's inability, lack of initiative or whatever was stopping them from trying to compete on this front and carriers doing the same, I and I think many others had all but given up trying to share via any type of messaging. I was sharing links for pictures and videos via Google Photos or Google Drive. Never had any issues and it wasn't complicated, it was what I became accustom to. So being able to share from a messaging app doesn't feel like that much of a big deal to me. Maybe once I get used to doing it that way. First though this will have to become enough of a standard, either with Google Messages or some other service, that enough people adopt it to make it viable. Then we all start feeling the same way iMessages folks do. Hahaha

Go Yank's!

We see next year what they do lol (the Yanks)
I understand what you mean for RCS .

 

[lacough]

pixel 4 xl on Verizon using the Google messages app. still tells me my carrier doesn't support RCS. any ideas?

 

[ricflairwoo2]

pixel 4 xl on Verizon using the Google messages app. still tells me my carrier doesn't support RCS. any ideas?

I'm on Verizon. Maybe you don't have the update yet.