Lost RCS support in Google Messages since last month? You’re not alone

by dbadmin | Sep 2, 2025 | google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority RCS in Google Messages has been down in several regions since early August. Reports from Reddit and Google forums mention outages in Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other countries. Google says carriers must act to restore...

Texting between Android and iPhone could soon get a major security upgrade

by dbadmin | Aug 18, 2025 | Apple, Apple iOS, Apple Messages and iMessage, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple previously confirmed plans to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages in a future software update We’ve now spotted code that suggests end-to-end encryption could be coming to RCS messages on iPhones as early as iOS 26....

Google Messages support for remotely deleting texts you’ve sent now widely rolling out

by dbadmin | Aug 15, 2025 | Google, google messages, News, RCS

RCS support has opened the door for some advanced messaging features, and earlier this year Google started work on a new remote-deletion option. Users are able to delete recently sent messages from the phones of recipients. After beta testing this past spring, we’re...

Google Messages will finally tell you when your custom ROM is the problem (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Aug 1, 2025 | Authority Insights, Custom ROM, Google, google messages, News, RCS

Last year, Google began preventing devices that failed Play Integrity checks from sending RCS messages. Google Messages would simply drop texts, without delivering any errors or warnings. Messages now appears to be adding an explicit notice when security requirements...

The next version of RCS messaging is going to be less of a pain

by dbadmin | Jul 25, 2025 | Messaging Apps, News, RCS

Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority The GSMA has announced the release of RCS Universal Profile 3.1. This new RCS messaging profile introduces a new audio codec, enabling higher-quality voice notes and shared audio clips. The profile also enables a “more...

Gemini may soon let you send images in texts, thanks to RCS (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Jul 1, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Gemini, google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Gemini on Android currently sends only text messages through Google Messages. If you ask Gemini to send an image via Google Messages, it will only send a blank URL in the text, as MMS is not supported yet. New code suggests...