We thought we could get RCS thanks to the biggest carriers in the US in 2020, but it seems we will have to settle for a new messaging app
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Shortly after rumors piled on about recent internal shakeups with Google's messaging clients, Google came to confirm the news: Allo is dead.
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The update allows Samsung Messages to support T-Mobile's new RCS protocol, but it also apparently sent an entire photo gallery unprompted.
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Who cares if your computer is a Mac or Windows or even Linux? If you have a web browser, you can access your Android phone's messages now.
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If you're searching up details about the rock band from Manchester or a Portuguese travel agency, you may end up finding out more about your recent texts instead.
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Technically, Allo is not dead... just yet. But you may want to switch to Android Messages already, and get ready to forget all about archaic SMS technology.
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Among many of them is the fact that Facebook collected the metadata of Android users' phone calls and text messages. The company says it was an opt-in procedure, but screenshots make the practice more vague than it seems.
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Facebook has been scraping the metadata of calls and messages sent from Android phones for a long, long time. We're only finding about it now because of the backlash from the Cambridge Analytica saga.
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The app will allow Huawei phones in the near future to access RCS. Huawei is also helping Google out by providing servers to carriers for their clouds.
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25 years later, texting has evolved way beyond its original status as a cellular pager. And it all started with a Christmas party at Vodafone offices.
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Video calls can be made through the app on Duo while Google Wallet can be used inside Android Messages to move money around.
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There's a nasty messaging bug running rampant on 2016 Google Pixel devices, and it may have something to do with Android 8.0 Oreo.
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It may not sound as destructive as an exploding battery, but a new and seemingly widespread Galaxy S8 messaging issue is vexing in its own right.
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Customers wishing to contact unreachable loved ones on Puerto Rico can use these services to at least line a text up to send once service is restored.
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You can get Rs. 1,500 cash back if you buy a OnePlus 5 with an SBI card. But let's talk about how the phone's best-selling ever.
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