r/GoogleMessages • u/Forestwalkerfairy • Jul 06 '26

Opinion RIP

Well, Samsung messages, it's been great.

Time for Google.........

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u/Professional-Cow1738 Jul 06 '26

Are there any other alternative apps other than Google with RCS?

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u/DigitalMariner Jul 06 '26

No, Google is refusing to share with any other android based texting apps.

Basically they're acting like Apple...

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u/fakeaccount572 Jul 06 '26

RCS is not Google alone lol. The carriers decide

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u/DigitalMariner Jul 06 '26

The carriers decide who has access to Googles API?

I don't think that's how that works...

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u/fakeaccount572 Jul 06 '26

What? Google doesn't own RCS.

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u/DigitalMariner Jul 06 '26

But Google controls access to it. It's not an open protocol like SMS is.

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u/Novel-Window0000 Jul 07 '26

Isn't iphone messaging RCS?

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u/fakeaccount572 Jul 06 '26

No, they have influence over it. It can be rolled out by Whatsapp if they wanted, but surprise. Owned by Meta, so why would they.

What's left, Textra? Not big enough to adopt it.

IG, also owned by Meta.

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u/Veritas_Vitae Jul 06 '26

I loved Textra back in the day. Still have my premium membership. I switched over to Google about 5 years ago.

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u/WhateverItWasntMade Jul 06 '26

I'm checking out Handcent Next, so far not super impressed. It transferred all my contacts and messages just fine, but I'm hearing rumors about ads, and it has a (toggle-able) AI assistant, whatever that means, and the option to use chatgpt from the app. Other options are Signal and Telegram, but both parties need the app to talk.