by dbadmin | Dec 4, 2025 | Google, Google Fi, News, RCS
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Fi finally makes web calling and RCS coexist. The fix comes with a trade-off: calling and messaging now live in two separate web portals. A new Web Calls page handles voice and voicemail, while RCS messaging...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
