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Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps... like Apple’s own iMessage.

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Okay, Samsung is the party with some credibility here. It's a lot harder to hear Google whine about messaging standards when their churn in messaging has been hilarious and embarrassing.

[–] [email protected] 127 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

I've lost track of all the messaging apps they had:

Hangouts
Chat
Gmail Chat
Google+
Voice

I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

[–] [email protected] 99 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Allo

[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago

Duo

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

begging they bring back whisperSHOUT from Allo to Google Messages :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

that was awesome

[–] concrete_baby 57 points 10 months ago

Google Talk

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

There's also Duo, which turned into Meet. it's basically Google Facetime.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Google Talk was the name before it became Gmail Chat

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hangouts was so close to perfect before they blew it all up.

Now I'm using a mix of Chat and Voice and it's terrible for everyone. Voice doesn't even support RCS from what I can tell, and all my messages with iPhone users are full of reactions. It's so annoying. I've had the same Google Voice number for over a decade, why is this so frustrating?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Voice is soooo frustrating. It had so much promise! But they haven't added anything to it in what 5 years? Maybe longer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

tbh I don't know that I would remind anyone at Google that Voice exists, I think that's just about the only thing that is keeping it alive.

[–] gears 5 points 10 months ago

They also killed YouTube DMs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Duo (videocalling app)

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