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

submitted 11 months ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 125 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 129 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] Die4Ever@programming.dev 99 points 11 months ago

Allo

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 74 points 11 months ago

Duo

[-] meepmeep@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

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

[-] cole@lemdro.id 3 points 11 months ago

that was awesome

[-] concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works 56 points 11 months ago

Google Talk

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 33 points 11 months ago

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

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Google Talk was the name before it became Gmail Chat

[-] Konman72@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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?

[-] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 1 points 11 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.

[-] jormaig@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

Duo (videocalling app)

[-] gears@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

They also killed YouTube DMs

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