Google once again commented on Google Messages at its own developer conference. You said how things are going and what you find really bad. Of course, this clearly includes the fact that Apple still does not allow RCS on iPhones and other iOS devices. Although it is a new standard that is supposed to inherit SMS. The sideswipe couldn’t be missing and we can understand that completely.
RCS is already widely used and will soon receive new features
There was good news, however. For example, Google announced the number of RCS users. 500 million people are said to already be using RCS via Google Messages. According to Google, these are the monthly active users. Impressive. Although I would guess that many may not even be aware that they are using RCS instead of SMS.
To push the product a little more, Google has announced new features. It’s only one, but it lets Google Messages catch up with WhatsApp. The beta phase for encrypted RCS group chats in Google Messages is about to start. However, we have not been given an exact date.