Google Messages now enables you to ship RCS messages to your self

Google Messages stands out as a top-tier app for RCS messaging on Android. When you typically ship your self reminders or pictures by way of it as a substitute of utilizing a devoted note-taking app, that have is about to enhance considerably.

Just lately, customers on Reddit (through Android Authority) found that Google Messages has enabled assist for self-RCS messaging. Beforehand, the app solely allowed SMS self-messaging. This function was initially present in a beta model of Google Messages, however it’s now broadly obtainable to some customers. Whereas it stays unclear when Google formally activated this function, a number of customers on Reddit have reported it working for over two weeks now.

With the addition of RCS (Wealthy Communication Companies) self-messaging on Google Messages, now you can ship your self high-resolution pictures, movies, GIFs, and messages with out a character restrict. So, in case you really feel like texting your self a novel, go proper forward. You possibly can try the unique Reddit thread the place this replace was first noticed beneath.

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Typically it is faster simply to textual content your self

Nonetheless, there’s one subject with the present Google Messages RCS self-message implementation

Whereas it’s nice to see RCS self-messaging come to Google Messages, one flaw with this implementation is that messages despatched from your individual quantity aren’t encrypted like common RCS messages are. So, maintain that in thoughts in case you ship your self delicate info. Hopefully, Google will tackle this in a future replace. When you’re a Twin-SIM person, you possibly can self-RCS message your self cross-SIM, which will probably be end-to-end encrypted.

This may increasingly seem to be a distinct segment Google Messages replace, however many individuals, together with myself, typically ship textual content messages to themselves for reminders or to shortly jot down info. Is it probably the most environment friendly option to do issues when apps like Google Keep exist? In all probability not, nevertheless it works.

Different widely-used messaging apps, similar to WhatsApp and Telegram, additionally let customers ship messages to themselves. WhatsApp introduced this feature in 2022, permitting customers to share pictures, movies, notes, stickers, and extra to themselves. This functionality in WhatsApp is protected by end-to-end encryption, which Google Messages RCS self-messaging presently lacks. When you do not see this means but, it might be as a result of Google remains to be rolling out the function. You possibly can side-load the latest beta version of Google Messages to strive it out if you wish to.

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