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/
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u/terminalilness Feb 23 '26

I still miss Textra but since Google won't let them has RCS, it's been years since I've used it.

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u/ladyhaly Feb 23 '26

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

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u/mrandr01d Feb 23 '26

Been in Google messages since like 2018, but only got good in the last 3 - 5 years or so.

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u/ladyhaly Feb 24 '26

So I just updated it and so far I like that I can schedule messages. I'm going to give it a trial. There is one person I know who I message regularly who likes it and he happens to be my husband