{"id":20603,"date":"2022-12-02T18:57:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/google-is-slightly-improving-group-texts-on-android\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:57:34","slug":"google-is-slightly-improving-group-texts-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/google-is-slightly-improving-group-texts-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Is (Slightly) Improving Group Texts on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google\u2019s messaging strategy over the past decade has been all over the place, and more recently, the company is betting the farm on \u201cMessages,\u201d the default SMS app on most Android devices. Now the company is trying to make Messages more secure.<\/p>\n

Google has been touting RCS as a replacement technology for SMS<\/a>, the standard for instant messaging that has been available for around three decades. RCS adds better media support, read notifications, and other modern features to traditional phone-based texting. Google tried working with carriers<\/a> to roll it out as a more standardized technology (like RCS), but the company eventually just rolled it out to everyone with Google\u2019s Messages app installed. As a result, it\u2019s not as open of a standard as Google\u2019s marketing would lead you to believe \u2014 it only works with Google\u2019s messaging app, and most messages go through Google\u2019s Jibe cloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Google revealed in a blog post today that it\u2019s starting to test end-to-end encryption for group chats. The company said, \u201cnow, end-to-end encryption is starting to roll out for group chats and will be available to some users in the open beta program over the coming weeks. This shouldn\u2019t even be a thought \u2014 just an expectation and something anyone texting should not have to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new feature is indicated by a \u201cthis chat is now end-to-end encrypted\u201d message at the top. However, even after it\u2019s fully rolled out, it will only work if everyone has both an Android phone and the Android Messages app \u2014 if someone has a third-party SMS app (like Samsung Messages) or an iPhone, you are reverted back to non-encrypted RCS or even regular SMS.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to see more messaging services switching to end-to-end encryption by default. However, if privacy is important to you, use should use Signal<\/a>\u00a0or another service that doesn\u2019t ever revert to insecure security.<\/p>\n

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