This is how Google Messages will let you remotely delete RCS chats for everyone (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Mar 19, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News, RCS

The RCS Universal Profile v2.7 introduces new features like message editing and the ability to remotely delete sent texts. Google Messages has been working on implementing remote deletion since at least last month. While still not publicly available, we’re now able to...

Android-iPhone texting is on track for a long overdue upgrade

by dbadmin | Mar 14, 2025 | Apple, Apple Messages and iMessage, Google, google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messaging between iPhone and Android users is coming soon via the new Universal Profile 3.0 specifications from GSMA. The new standard supports the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol,...

iPhones on Google Fi and T-Mobile MVNOs are a big step closer to getting RCS

by dbadmin | Mar 5, 2025 | Apple iOS, Google Fi, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority iOS 18.4 Beta 2 appears to add an RCS toggle for Google Fi and T-Mobile MVNOs, but activation of the feature is still pending for some users. This marks a shift from September when Google said Apple needed to enable RCS for...

Google Messages will finally let you delete RCS chats for everyone (APK Teardown)

by dbadmin | Feb 7, 2025 | Authority Insights, google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google Messages is preparing to add new deletion capabilities for RCS chats. You will soon have an option to delete RCS chats for yourself or for everyone, including you and the recipient. Google Messages will seemingly...

911 texting on Android is on track for its next major update (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Feb 3, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, google messages, News, RCS

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google announced an RCS upgrade for 911 texting last year, and the rollout is expected in winter across the US. In line with this rollout announcement, we’ve spotted new code within Google Messages that points towards...

Android-iOS RCS messaging has an annoying problem and it’s probably Apple’s fault (Update: Confirmed)

by dbadmin | Jan 17, 2025 | Apple, Apple iPhone, News, RCS

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Several Redditors have reported issues when texting between Android devices and iPhones. The users noted that RCS worked for a short time before reverting to SMS despite the availability of data connectivity. Update, January 17,...