Google has been urgent Apple to undertake RCS for years and even when Cupertino relented (maybe when it turned clear that the EU would become involved), Google nonetheless had the audacity to poke enjoyable at Apple. However perhaps Google must be focusing by itself backyard as a substitute of making an attempt to be humorous.
Do you know that Put on OS smartwatches with LTE can’t ship RCS messages? Nicely, they’ll’t – RCS messaging from the watch solely works when it’s related to a cellphone. That can change with an upcoming replace to the Messages app.
In a teardown of Google Messages v20240926 beta, the Android Authority workforce found some flags which can be laying the groundwork for standalone operation of RCS messaging on Put on OS watches.
bugle.enable_wear_standalone_rcs
bugle.enable_wear_standalone_rcs_settings
bugle.enable_wear_standalone_voice_message
Notice: “bugle” is the interior identify for Google Messages.
By the seems to be of it, the watches will be capable to deal with not solely commonplace textual content messages, but in addition voice messages despatched over RCS. Which means you’ll get to maintain wealthy messaging once you depart your cellphone at residence (assuming you might have an LTE-enabled watch, in fact).
It’s not clear whether or not this replace will assist non-LTE watches – this may make a distinction in instances when the watch loses connection together with your cellphone however continues to be related to Wi-Fi. We’ll have to attend and see.
