Wear OS watches might soon be able to send RCS messages without your phone’s help

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Google has been pressing Apple to adopt RCS for years and even when Cupertino relented (perhaps when it became clear that the EU would get involved), Google still had the audacity to poke fun at Apple. But maybe Google should be focusing on its own garden instead of trying to be humorous.

Did you know that Wear OS smartwatches with LTE cannot send RCS messages? Well, they can’t – RCS messaging from the watch only works when it is connected to a phone. That will change with an upcoming update to the Messages app.

In a teardown of Google Messages v20240926 beta, the Android Authority team…

​ Google has been pressing Apple to adopt RCS for years and even when Cupertino relented (perhaps when it became clear that the EU would get involved), Google still had the audacity to poke fun at Apple. But maybe Google should be focusing on its own garden instead of trying to be humorous.

Did you know that Wear OS smartwatches with LTE cannot send RCS messages? Well, they can’t – RCS messaging from the watch only works when it is connected to a phone. That will change with an upcoming update to the Messages app.

In a teardown of Google Messages v20240926 beta, the Android Authority team…   Read More GSMArena.com – Latest articles 

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