Google permits end-to-end encryption texting inside Messages app

Google has been rolling the end-to-end encryption characteristic to everybody utilizing wealthy textual content communication inside the Messages app.

According to Mashable, the expertise big has been planning on including end-to-end encryption to its next-gen SMS protocol – RCS for a while now. End-end encryption was introduced inside the Messages app for a choose few backs in November as a part of a Beta section and Google’s lastly rolling the characteristic out to everybody utilizing wealthy textual content communication.

However, there are few restrictions which were reported like, the characteristic for Rich Communication Services (RCS) messages is at present restricted solely to direct conversations, so group chats nonetheless do not have encryption.

The encryption will solely work if each events within the dialog are utilizing Google’s default Android Messages app and have RCS chat options enabled.

On a associated be aware, Google introduced a wider rollout of this new characteristic alongside a lot of different updates for Android customers by way of an official weblog submit. “Messages app users are getting a feature that lets you star mark messages for future reference — just like the star email feature on Gmail,” reported Mashable.

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