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[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 121 points 1 year ago

Make a public RCS API for Android. Stop trying to get people to use your app by withholding features from third party apps.

[-] NeonWoofGenesis@l.henlo.fi 42 points 1 year ago

Yeah I thought RCS was going to be this platform-agnostic service à la SMS.

I'm trying out matrix with my close family and it's working great. Bonus points it doesn't require a phone number or even a phone at all.

[-] AnotherPerson@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Last time I tried to introducing my family to an alternate messaging that wasn't the default app on their phone I started getting messages in both places with no rhyme or reason to why they would use one over the other.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah I thought RCS was going to be this platform-agnostic service à la SMS.

well in fact it is, but noone except I believe T-Mobile in the US and Samsung actually did it; everyone else just uses Google's implemention because it's a ready product and works great. well, except Apple, who doesn't do it for their own bullshit reasons

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[-] GrimChaos@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks you! I use Textra, it's so much better than the stock app but Google never opened up their API. I believe for Google said they were going to back in like 2018 or something (if I'm not mistaken, which I could be)

[-] Sarcastik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Textra was the best before rcs was launched. Id love to see them get their hands on an API for it.

[-] GrimChaos@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I tried switching to the Google app for a month or two. I ended up back at Textra. Turns out I care more about the user experience than rcs. Still, it would be nice to have rcs but I can live without it. But I agree, I'd love to see them get their hands on the API.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fix the goddamned failover to SMS you morons! My kids don't have data plans and I usually keep data turned off on my phone (because Canada), I keep having to turn off RCS altogether because if I try to send them a message over RCS it doesn't failover to SMS (yes, I have the option turned on), it just sits there dumfounded saying "can't deliver".

You fail at failing.

[-] danielfgom@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yes this is the biggest issue. It's caught me out several times where I thought the message was sent but wasn't.

I've reported it to Google. I hope someone reads the feedback....

[-] ponfriend@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You don't get a promotion for blocking a buggy launch.

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[-] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago

That's nice. But without some serious marketing they won't get people off of WhatsApp in Europe.

[-] timbuck2themoon@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

I don't know how much better going to another closed system is. AFAIK it's only Google running these servers and only their implementation.

[-] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I don't really think it's better either. I just think it'll fall flat on its face like Google's many many previous attempts at messaging unless they actually tell people it exists.

[-] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 4 points 1 year ago

T-Mobile and Samsung have their own implementations (which are compatible with Google's)

[-] ayyndrew@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I don't think they care about beating WhatsApp, they only care about iMessage. WhatsApp doesn't stop people from buying Android phones, iMessage does.

Don't worry about Europe, we don't use SMS and we also do not want RCS.
We are perfectly fine using apps like Telegram/whatsapp/Signal.

The whole "green/blue bubbles" thing is USA only, keep it USA only please, thank you.

RCS done properly would be nice. I'd very much like to not be sending my messages through meta. Google's implementation, however, just trades one American giant for another.

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[-] pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I already noticed this in the last few days... my texts now show two checkmarks and a lock... at least when I text another Android user.

[-] Axion@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You should also be able to swipe on the message to direct reply and send reactions too

[-] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago

Only "benefit" of RCS I've seen is the avalanche of spam from companies. I'll be turning it off. Don't text that much anyway.

[-] gfxkultur@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago

How do you get so much spam? Where are you from? I want to understand since usually I get no spam at all...

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[-] Nunya@lemdro.id 7 points 1 year ago

As someone who currently uses Pulse SMS+ and has been looking for alternatives like Google Messaging, are there any major issues I should be aware of?

I liked Pulse since I could send messages from a desktop app, but I can't install it on my work computer any longer.

I also liked the WearOS app from Pulse, but they discontinued it.

[-] jaybirrd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Google's messaging app actually has a desktop browser based client that you can use to send messages from your computer. So that might actually be a good solution for you. I use it regularly and have no complaints about either the phone app or the web app.

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[-] Axion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The one bug that I've had for a long while now is the "auto resend as SMS" feature that's supposed to kick in if the RCS chat fails, takes forever to work. It's much faster to just manually hit the send as SMS option if there are issues going on.

It uses the Signal protocol for its encryption so they went with a well known and proven option, but metadata isn't encrypted like it is with the actual Signal app apparently so it's not quite as secure.

A good chunk of my family uses Android and all have RCS enabled so I get to use it a good amount and it's been pretty solid for me.

Edit: the desktop app is actually just a PWA website so that might be able to get around your work PC's restrictions on installing apps.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You probably shouldn't send private messages on your work PC though.

[-] SpiderStratagem@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago

I moved to Google Messages when Signal dropped SMS support and it's been fine. Most people I know who aren't on Signal or WhatsApp are on iPhones, but there are a decent number who apparently have RCS so -- perversely -- Signal dropping SMS support had actually resulted in a net increase in my secure messaging.

[-] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

That is why signal dropped support for it.theybssid it was to increase security because users could accidentally be using signal sending regular SMS. The way you got lore secure is not how they advertised the removal, but makes sense that happens in some cases. Same thing happened to me.

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[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I thought it was already on by default? Or is that just for pixels

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 4 points 1 year ago

it's not. atm it's not only opt-in but also requires to actually go to settings and enable it, it won't prompt you when launching the app

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 1 year ago

The people using RCS, does the phone have to be on for it to work? If you're using the web app can it just skip the phone entirely?

[-] Hexarei@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

It does require, and go through, the phone

[-] BlueDragon28@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, the phone need to be on. If the phone you are sending an sms to is not on, the application fallback to standard SMS.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 3 points 1 year ago

the application fallback to standard SMS.

it doesn't by default

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[-] lemann@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Phone needs to be on since messages are stored on the device

[-] broguy89@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

But google voice?

[-] Keeslinp@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I finally gave up on rcs and I'm on beeper now. I had one or two friends that it just never works with and there is no way to disable it per conversation so I was unable to talk to just those people. Hopefully when beeper adds rcs soon it'll be better.

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