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New Google chat

Started Aug 31, 2020 | Discussions thread
I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: New Google chat
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Somebody else is likely much better informed about RCS than me, all I know is that Google plans to deploy it to replace SMS/MMS for general text messaging and media - for that it requires support of various telecom providers. It's still a work in progress and there's no need to switch away from SMS/MMS if they're doing the job well. I personally use a third-party SMS/MMS app (Chomp) mainly to keep data away from Google's own app, along with some other nice features. SMS/MMS still has the virtue of being nearly universally available to smartphone users of any brand or platform.

The two other considerations are a) compatibility, e.g. if a correspondent only uses a different proprietary service that doesn't send/receive SMS/MMS content - and b) encryption, which is lacking for ordinary SMS/MMS. SIgnal app encrypts messages thoroughly but the other user has to use it, too, and most people just don't.

Worth adding in a photo forum that MMS file size limits and format recognition can vary in sending images or videos between telecom providers and even between Google and Apple devices, and it may be RCS or whatever comes next improves on that.

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