Google Messages turning on RCS by default, group E2E encryption launches
Google Messages turning on RCS by default, group E2E encryption launches
After testing group end-to-end encryption, Google Messages has now fully rolled it out and is enabling RCS by default too...
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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?
It does require, and go through, the phone
Phone needs to be on since messages are stored on the device
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.
the application fallback to standard SMS.
it doesn't by default
Which is good from a security perspective, but also pretty annoying from a QOL perspective.
therefore it can be enabled in settings
It's buggy and often fails to fallback even with the option turned on. And the default behavior should be "prompt to resend as SMS and offer to enable the option" not "sit on your hands and look moronic when you can't send RCS". This is embarrassingly bad software.
fair
All messages are relayed through your phone. So yes, it needs to be active