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Skip to content. Back to Newsroom. March 27, November 7, If you choose to share your Live Location, the person or people you share it with will be able to see where you are on a map for the next 60 minutes.
The ETA is seen by the person with whom the location is shared. You can stop sharing your Live Location at any time; just tap Stop Sharing. Due to political wrangling between carriers, RCS was frustratingly kept at bay.
According to The Verge , when you open up a text in Google Messages, everyone in that chat will be silently pinged to ask if that device has RCS activated or not, and if the answer is yes, you will automatically be able to communicate using RCS Chat. Not entirely.
But nor is the SMS protocol, which can already be intercepted anyway. Google itself is working on end-to-end encryption, but when SMS officially turns into RCS, and is facilitated through the carriers, the carriers themselves will have to decide whether or not they want to encrypt RCS messages. Google has said it needs to be an opt-in service for terms of service reasons.
For all its security considerations, Threema is still a fully-functional messaging app, that allows you to send images, files, videos, and locations, as well as create groups and set up polls among trusted users. At its core, users can send each other Snaps — photos, short videos, or messages that are only visible for a limited time before disappearing. Android Wear and Apple Watch apps are also available. In addition, Line lets users follow their favorite brands, celebrities, and companies with official channels so that you can get the latest buzz about them. If you have a work profile, tap Advanced. Group messages are possible, and little things such as read receipts and indicators to show other users are typing a message will be included as well.
Some sneaky Reddit users discovered a way to turn on RCS without needing your carrier to physically flick the switch and turn it on from their side. Now just force-close the Messages app.
Vodafone has supported RCS since , but the company only allowed those on its network the ability to send other Vodafone Android users an RCS message, not those on other networks. EE and O2 did not respond when asked, but after some internet sleuthing, it seems that, like Vodafone and Three, if you own an Android device, you will be able to opt-in to RCS through Google Messages.
But caveats abound. We highly doubt it. By Chris Stokel-Walker. By Maria Mellor.