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This is silly and false. Google's default android Messaging app in the US on all carriers is Google Messages and it uses RCS to do exactly what you are saying t

This is silly and false. Google's default android Messaging app in the US on all carriers is Google Messages and it uses RCS to do exactly what you are saying they can't do.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
Have you ever booted AOSP on a device or VM? There is a messaging app that is part of AOSP that is not Google Messages
- kelnos 3y ago
  What does that have to do with anything, though? Google Messages is available to any Android OEM that passes certification, assuming they want it. Certainly Messages wouldn't be a part of AOSP, as Messages isn't open source. Google Messages is the stock messaging app, and contains iMessage-like features. AOSP is mostly irrelevant. It's not clear why iMessage-like features would be an antitrust issue for Google anyway.
  - 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
    https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Messaging/+/refs/heads/android12-release https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Mess...
- muppetman 3y ago
  Yes that Google haven't updated for years and is at this point abandoned[1]. 1: https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1669026188399112192 https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/1669026188399112192
  - 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
    Alright. Yes. now it is. This is all I've been trying to point out- is that there is a built in messaging app as part of AOSP. My recollection is that Google can't turn this into gMessage because then it would be distributed as part of the base OS and would require a Google account to use. Now it's abandoned so it definitely won't be anything now.
    - agloe_dreams 3y ago
      Zero phones in the US ship with AOSP. 100% ship with Google Play Services. AOSP, in the US, is dead as far as any reality is concerned. China is different but Google wouldn't want to even be there.