This news is very bad. Google shouldn't implement features that are outside of the scope of RCS, because then they'll not be compatible with Apple's implementation.
They should propose new features to be embedded in the standard.
End-to-end encryption still isn't part of the spec, so I'm not confident in them adding edits to the RCS standard.
With many carriers switching to Google's RCS server [1] I fear RCS will just become another word for Google Messages.
This news is very bad. Google shouldn't implement features that are outside of the scope of RCS, because then they'll not be compatible with Apple's implementation.
They should propose new features to be embedded in the standard.
End-to-end encryption still isn't part of the spec, so I'm not confident in them adding edits to the RCS standard.
With many carriers switching to Google's RCS server [1] I fear RCS will just become another word for Google Messages.
https://www.androidpolice.com/o2-moving-rcs-services-google-jibe/
...except it will still be worse than a regular "chat app" in many ways.
Worst of both worlds, yay!
Great standard