To better compete with Apple and make Google Messages more akin to an RCS texting system, Google is working arduously on it. Read receipts and end-to-end encryption, which were already accessible on messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram, have been added by the brand. Google Messages’ recent beta version already includes delivery and read indicators in the checkmark style. On the other hand, not many people could access it because of the limited beta testing. The upgrade is apparently now being rolled out to a larger audience by the brand.
Google began beta testing a replacement for the Messages app’s spelt-out Sent, Delivered, and Read delivery indicators in October 2022. A single indication displays for sent messages, two indicators appear side by side for delivered messages, and the checkmarks fill in when the text is read. The iconography-based replacements are circles with checkmarks. These checkmarks appear to be appearing in the Messages app for an increasing number of beta testers lately. At least two beta-enrolled phones that didn’t have the feature before testing started are now showing them.
The Google Messages app would benefit visually from a wider rollout of the new message delivery indicators, taking it one step closer to feature parity with competing services. The Google Messages app would benefit visually from a wider distribution of the new message delivery indicators, taking it one step closer to feature parity with competing services. Even while Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram are still the most popular instant messaging services, RCS on Google Messages is positioned to overtake them someday. Google made an effort to showcase the benefits of RCS at CES, but Apple has shown no evidence of changing its mind about being incompatible.
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