The Pixel 9 completely updates the setup course of, with a “carbon copy” of your Google Messages historical past that features a “full RCS switch.”
Google now “totally maintains the dialog construction, media, audio, reactions, favorites, and all the opposite dialog metadata” of RCS as an alternative of changing to SMS/MMS.
Yup, that’s precisely what it means. Be aware, for now, it’s solely cable or WiFi transfers which might be supported. Cloud restore nonetheless has the earlier limitations. You’ll additionally have to ensure you’re operating the very newest model of Google Messages in your previous gadget. When you have this, you’ll get a correct, full RCS switch that totally maintains the dialog construction, media, audio, reactions, favorites, and all the opposite dialog metadata. It ought to just about be a carbon copy of your message threads in your previous gadget.
To profit from this RCS switch in your Pixel 9, be sure Google Messages in your earlier cellphone is up to date to the “very newest model” — beta obtainable right here — and switch over Wi-Fi or USB-C cable. In the mean time, “cloud restore nonetheless has the earlier limitations.”
Google equates this to a “carbon copy of your message threads in your previous gadget” after it “rebuilt [the] Messages switch infrastructure from the bottom up, to make it extra sturdy, dependable and full.”
This joins how extra system settings, permissions, notification preferences, and app logins get transferred over. Google labored with third-party builders to realize the latter and is continuous to take action. eSIM switch for some carriers can also be potential throughout setup.
Extra broadly, a brand new “Again up or copy information” menu in Settings enables you to switch after the preliminary onboarding expertise. Google now presents a quicker “Categorical” setup that can solely copy “media that’s not backed as much as Google Images in unique high quality.”
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