cross-posted from: https://kbin.projectsegfau.lt/m/tech@kbin.social/t/26889

Google just announced that all RCS conversations in Messages are now fully end-to-end encrypted, even in group chats. RCS stands for Rich Communication Services and is replacing traditional text and picture messaging, providing you with more dynamic and secure features. With RCS enabled, you can share high-res photos and videos, see typing indicators for your…

  • gargantuanprism
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    1 year ago

    This is cool and all but one feature I’d love to see is search functionality actually working

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      1 year ago

      Do you mean the search functionality on the Messages app? If that’s the case, it works for me. I just tested the word tornado, it displayed 4 different contacts that I have texted that word. If I click a contact it will send me to where that word is and even highlighted it

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        1 year ago

        Yeah idk there seems to be a time limit on my phone where it won’t show search results past a few months, and I’ve verified that the text in question is in the convo

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          1 year ago

          That may be. I don’t tend to have years worth of text messages on my phone. When there’s something important that I need evidence of, either I take screenshots and email the conversation to myself. I participate on Android betas, which has resulted in several factory resets.

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            1 year ago

            I just like being able to prove people wrong about something they said years earlier