Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS?
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks agoAll RCS goes through google servers, they have to approve the devices. Graphene OS and e/os can’t use RCS
Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS?
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks agoAll RCS goes through google servers, they have to approve the devices. Graphene OS and e/os can’t use RCS
scholar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s not true, network carriers can also run RCS backends independently of Google. Graphene OS is currently working on a new messaging app that supports RCS without Google services. Both the app and the carrier have to support RCS which is why Google made their own backend.