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what happens if/when Google simply drops support for SMS? It could force this easily.
by devoply 7y ago
what happens if/when Google simply drops support for SMS? It could force this easily.
- dogma1138 7y agoI don’t think you can drop support for SMS, at least not in the US receiving messages is required for FCC compliance for handsets currently iirc.
- freeone3000 7y agoWhat are the consequences of this? What prevents Google from making and selling a six-inch ("phone-sized") tablet, and moving SMS to Hangouts and calls to Duo?
- dingo_bat 7y agoProbably the fact that nobody would buy it.
- Macha 7y agoIs this device going to rely on public Wifi to get messages when out and about? Otherwise, if it needs a data connection, you'll have to get mobile networks involved, and I doubt they'd co-operate with an end run around themselves.
- theferalrobot 7y agoTablets with a data connection are still required to support sms
- wyldfire 7y agoThat's unlikely. It could be described by the network operators as a failure to conform to the standard. It's possible that regulatory features like Amber alerts/weather alerts use SMS.
- londons_explore 7y agoThey could totally move SMS into a hard to find sub-menu though, while the "Messages" app on the homescreen does RCS. They could even make the default to reply to all SMS messages with RCS.
- Silhouette 7y agowhat happens if/when Google simply drops support for SMS? For one thing, Google devices stop being useful for numerous online services that now rely on SMS for automatic notifications and/or 2FA. I imagine the market for a phone that can't do SMS, at least here in the UK where such messages have become much more common over the past few years, is probably about two people, plus or minus two.
- ulfw 7y agoThey'd more likely drop support for RCS. Wouldn't exactly be the first time a messenger system is dropped.