Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 02:58:15 +0200 Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net QEsa92MvlXORedeTeAy8SgcNbntMBAnbMPfTi9v3dEB4xLinGA Cancel-Lock: sha1:oFRNUXz3YcnGosug53+TTamTfpQ= sha256:EV4oYTpxa8qZ2bpqPHRIAtvnobUUxiOPBEkRl9C3uKk= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1686 On 2024-07-07 20:51, s|b wrote: > On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 09:23:50 -0700, Alan wrote: > >> ANY MESSAGING APP is going to require some kind of login, Arlen. >> >> How else can it possibly know which messages are going to go to which >> recipient. > > How about telephone number. RCS can be used in the default Android SMS > (text) app, but both recipients need to support it. I tried it once with > my brother. No login needed. You are mistaken. There is a login to the phone when you power it up. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.