Google Messages will help you shame your friends into finally turning on RCS (APK teardown)

It's time to get with the RCS program, already!

Jun 20, 2025 - 11:05
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Google Messages will help you shame your friends into finally turning on RCS (APK teardown)
  • To take full advantage of RCS messaging features, everyone in the chat needs to have RCS enabled.
  • Google Messages is working on a feature that would prompt you to send friends without RCS a message asking them to turn it on.

Messaging on Android is better than it’s ever been, and a big part of that is due to the arrival of Rich Communication Services (RCS) support. While that’s absolutely helped start pulling down some of the walls between Android and iOS, RCS’s support for everything from emoji reactions to high-quality media attachments has seriously upgraded the texting experience even when you’re just chatting with fellow Android users.