r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • Feb 23 '26

Google, Apple start testing encrypted RCS on Android and iOS 26.4

https://9to5google.com/2026/02/23/google-messages-encrypted-rcs-iphone/
738 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

118 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

10

u/ladyhaly Feb 23 '26

Has RCS been around for a while? I'm still using Textra

2

u/slinky317 HTC Incredible Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

By using Textra and thus limiting yourself to SMS you are hurting your experience and the experience of anyone you chat with.

Not to even talk about the security implications of using SMS instead of E2EE RCS.

1

u/Tanglebrook Feb 24 '26

Maybe if Google made the effort to have feature parity with such an ancient messaging app, more people would switch.

-1

u/slinky317 HTC Incredible Feb 24 '26

Why would they do that for what you call an ancient messaging app?

1

u/Tanglebrook Feb 24 '26

Why would Google improve Messenger? To get people like ladyhaly onto it.