Google Messages is quietly ditching a key RCS feature users rely on
📍 Aftermath
{ "epilogue": "Multiple Android users complained about RCS issues, including failures to send media and the reported removal of a key feature to turn RCS off. Although fixes were stated to be coming for media transmission problems, the story quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage regarding the long-term status of the feature." }
Epilogue added 14d ago, after coverage quieted.
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Google Messages is quietly ditching a key RCS feature users rely on Android Police · 16d ago broke it first
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