Google appears to be working on an editing feature for the Messages app. The feature is hiding in the latest beta.

This sounds like a nice step towards modernizing texting, but it’s a shame that Messages doesn’t have an open RCS API to encourage broad adoption across messaging apps.

    • HolyginzEnglish
      80·
      8 months ago

      Ans yet Apple expects all others to to just accept what they want or Apple walls off everything. It goes both ways, Apple doesn’t get to control everything.

        • setVeryLoud(true);English
          20·
          8 months ago

          Have you looked into running your own RCS server or connecting to existing RCS servers? As far as I can tell, it’s proprietary infrastructure built on top of an open standard.

          RCS just lets the servers talk to each other, and there is no reference implementation for a server. On the off chance that you do manage to write your own implementation, it’s unlikely that Google or Samsung’s servers would be willing to talk to yours unless you’re a telecom.

      • nullEnglish
        10·
        8 months ago

        They don’t expect (or often even allow) others to adopt their standards though, which is the point being made here.