Google Messages has announced that it is testing End-to-End Encryption for groups, as previously promised. The innovation is currently available in beta and will soon come to the stable version. The company also expressed its views on the subject, as it is not supported by its big rival, Apple’s RCS (Rich Communication Services), which stands for Rich Communication Services. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
End-to-End Encryption for group chats will impact privacy
Google Messages had promised to bring the Encryption feature after adopting RCS. It was recently shared that the feature was tested by Reddit users. But later, this feature was removed shortly before it came to the stable version. Google Messages has now started testing End-to-End Encryption for group chats again.
Thanks to its End-to-End Encryption feature, it will not be able to read any message in the application, including Google, as a third party. The company introduced the End-to-End Encryption feature for individual chats in 2021. Thanks to the innovation, Google Messages will take the privacy experience one step further.
Security is increasing! Android users will get the expected features
Google has announced a number of new features for Android-based smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches using Wear OS.
On the other hand, Google made the following statements as it did not adopt RCS on Apple again:
“Apple refuses to adopt RCS and continues to rely on SMS when people with iPhones text with people with Android phones, which means their texting got stuck in the 1990s.”
It was also revealed today that the company called Sunbirds has developed an application to integrate iMessage into Android devices. When the company presented the application, it showed screenshots on the Samsung device, showing that communication between iOS and Android using iMessage. However, he did not share the screenshots on the iPhone screen during his presentation.
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