sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoGrapheneOS is building its own RCS support to cut Google Messages out of the picturewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square238linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGrapheneOS is building its own RCS support to cut Google Messages out of the picturewww.androidauthority.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square238linkfedilink
minus-squareundrwater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIs RCS hosted by the carriers? If not, how to make the end run around Google?
minus-squaretwkm@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSome carriers do, some never did, and some did but gave up. In the end if they want wide deliverability they’ll have to connect to Google’s hubs (servers). It is annoying that Google doesn’t provide an API for RCS as they do for SMS and MMS.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoOnly system apps can offer RCS support, so there has been essentially no 3rd party apps for it, just Google’s and from a few OEMs like Samsung
Is RCS hosted by the carriers? If not, how to make the end run around Google?
Some carriers do, some never did, and some did but gave up. In the end if they want wide deliverability they’ll have to connect to Google’s hubs (servers).
It is annoying that Google doesn’t provide an API for RCS as they do for SMS and MMS.
Only system apps can offer RCS support, so there has been essentially no 3rd party apps for it, just Google’s and from a few OEMs like Samsung
And Samsung gave up.