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Google's messaging mess continues: Chat app now wants to be the next WhatsApp
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Might be a UK thing maybe but nearly everyone I know has switched to another sms app or turned off Rcs chat in messages.
I've never seen it work most times you'd send a message then be told about a day later it was undelivered. Sms needs to be instant waiting hours before you even know it wasn't even sent is just plain unacceptable especially when nearly everyone has unlimited sms to begin with.
I've only used RCS a few times a my MIL has patchy data in her flat. The problem I have with it is that it's baked into the same app as SMS, so you're not really sure if you're going to be sending an SMS or RCS message until you go into the chat and it says whether it's available. And I don't trust that it's always going to work as RCS - I certainly don't want it falling back to SMS if it fails.
With WhatsApp or Telegram, you know exactly what's happening.
I think it's meant to appeal to the US who I believe still use SMS a lot. If you're still using SMS, I guess having it switch over to RCS is a bonus.
If you usually use WhatsApp, having a message go through as an SMS is a PITA.