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Option 1: If you remember, the best thing to do is turn off RCS on your old phone before you switch to your new phone. Google is partnering with carriers and OEMs to offer a native messaging client, Messages, for RCS, SMS and MMS messaging. Along with a string of new features across several areas of Android, Google is at last turning on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for everyone in the Messages app.
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How to turn off RCS or “Chat” in Google Messages Thankfully, turning off RCS or “Chat” is super easy and there are a couple of ways to do it, including one that’ll help if you forgot to turn it off on your old phone. Issues like not receiving text messages on your new phone in Google Messages is the biggest and the one you need to know how to fix. If you don’t you could see up to 8 days of issues, according to Google Support. What I’m trying to tell you is that Google wants you to turn off RCS or “Chat” on your old phone before you move to your next phone. And while RCS is great and a big improvement on traditional text messaging, moving from one device to another is now a thing you have to think about if you want uninterrupted messaging. From the Home screen, tap the Apps icon > Settings > More. RCS is here (unlike 5G) and will be a big part of your messaging experience going forward, assuming you have an Android phone. You must set the Messaging app as the default messaging app in order to use it.
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Now that Verizon has committed to RCS with Google, the three major US carriers are all onboard. As of today, that all changes with an update to Google’s Messages app on Android which now bypasses the servers used by service providers and delivers RCS messages directly to its recipient.
