Re: RCS messaging

Arno Welzel, 2025-04-06 13:26:

Carlos E.R., 2025-04-04 13:02:
 

On 2025-04-04 09:02, Arno Welzel wrote:

Stan Brown, 2025-04-01 21:19:
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Android 15, Google Pixel 8a, Google Messages and Google's camera app
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A couple of months ago I turned on RCS chats. There are a couple of
downsides, but I wonder if there are any upsides.

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Define "RCS chats turned on". RCS is just there - you can use it or not.
But there is no option to turn RCS on or off.

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Yes, there is.
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In the Google messages app there is an option to enable or disable RCS.
If you disable it, you get only SMS and SMS; and people trying to send
to you get told about this.

 
Not in my version of the Google messages app. The only options I have
here with a Google Pixel 6a and Android 15:
 
<https://arnowelzel.de/samples/google-messaging-options-pixel6a-a15.png>
 
No option to disable RCS completely. I can only select if I want to use
RCS or SMS for an individual contact.

I stand corrected - this can be found in the "General settings".


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