Last Update: January 10, 2023, 2:56 pm IST
Google wants Apple to adopt RCS
Group chat on the Messages app is enabled through the RCS that Google wants other platforms to offer for their users.
The Google Messages app is now getting end-to-end encryption for group chats as well. The messaging app that comes preloaded on millions of Android phones now offers an extra layer of security when you’re talking to multiple people in a group. The Messages app supports Rich Communication Services (RCS) which makes it more or less like a rival to WhatsApp with similar features.
The new security feature Google confirmed this week is coming to an open beta version, but as you may know, Messages via RCS only works on Android, as Apple continues to shy away from the messaging standard, and Google Working hard for this. Get the iPhone giant on board.
Oh, is that so! Also… we’ve completed the rollout of group chat end-to-end encryption for users in the open beta. – Android (@Android) January 6, 2023
Google may have a point about RCS, but the push has been coming lately, especially after Google took the reins of promoting RCS across platforms, and trying to entice other companies to join hands doing.
RCS getting encryption is a welcome step, but users want more to be added to the messaging platform, which still lags behind WhatsApp, Telegram and more. RCS is not without issues, which came to the fore when businesses were pushing messages to the Messages app for users in India. Google had to step in and block such practices, but encryption would make it harder to monitor such actions.
Having said that, as apps like WhatsApp are now moving towards a business model, RCS will have its hands full for businesses to market their products to a limited scale of user base, even though Google claims that the platform But there are millions.
The open beta is likely to stay for a few months, and until Google manages to fix bugs and other issues on the service, we may have to wait longer for Android smartphones to get group chat encryption on RCS .
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