Google forces encrypted RCS messages on all Android devices, and that's actually great news
More importantly, GoogleTo ensure more people benefit from this added security [full encryption], RCS will now be enabled by default for new and existing users*, unless they’ve previously turned RCS off in Settings. You can alwaysFootnote: *Some users may be asked to agree to Terms of Service provided by their carrier network.
As you can see above, Google still lets you disable RCS if you need to do it for some reason. But you probably shouldn’t. RCS is the best iMessage equivalent Google made so far and one it won’t abandon. If anything, Google’s campaign to have iMessage support RCS should only grow stronger. Not that Apple has any reason to accept Google’s pleading for interoperability support without pressure from regulators. Even if RCS is now end-to-end encrypted.
If you still don’t know what RCS has to offer besides strong security, you should know it offers better file transfer , read receipts, typing indicators, and cellular/Wi-Fi support. In other words, it works just like iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, and other instant chat apps you might be using on your Android device.
Even if you disable RCS, you should employ an end-to-end encrypted instant messenger as an alternative.
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