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

With the addition of RCS (Wealthy Communication Providers) self-messaging on Google Messages, now you can ship your self high-resolution photographs, movies, GIFs, and messages with no character restrict. So, if you happen to really feel like texting your self a novel, go proper forward. You possibly can take a look at 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

Nevertheless, there’s one concern 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 if you happen to ship your self delicate info. Hopefully, Google will deal with this in a future replace. When you’re a Twin-SIM person, you’ll be able to self-RCS message your self cross-SIM, which can be end-to-end encrypted.

This may occasionally seem to be a distinct segment Google Messages replace, however many individuals, together with myself, generally ship textual content messages to themselves for reminders or to rapidly jot down info. Is it essentially the most environment friendly technique to do issues when apps like Google Keep exist? Most likely not, however 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 photographs, movies, notes, stickers, and extra to themselves. This functionality in WhatsApp is protected by end-to-end encryption, which Google Messages RCS self-messaging at present lacks. When you do not see this capacity but, it might be as a result of Google continues to be rolling out the characteristic. You possibly can side-load the latest beta version of Google Messages to attempt it out if you wish to.

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