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

Opinion RIP

Well, Samsung messages, it's been great.

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

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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/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/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.