RCS messaging is going away on some phones due to Google

If you’ve ‘rooted’ your mobile, say goodbye to RCS messaging

This is curious. Google has always done the most work to develop RCS And convert this protocol to standard messaging on Android, even silently activating it by default on our phones. However, now it’s perfect It is the California giant company that is creating hurdles in the work of RCS. On some Android users’ phones. And he does this after crying everywhere until he finally convinces Apple to adopt RCS, something that makes it even more incomprehensible.

Definitely There must be some logical explanationColleagues at Android Authority have asked those from Mountain View, although for now and without official statements, the only news and confirmation we can offer you is that if you have a mobile ‘Root’ You will not be able to use RCS in the application of google messages,

Here’s confirmation from Mishaal Rehman, an authoritative voice in the industry, telling us exactly what No error message shownBut in reality messages are never sentNeither like RCS nor like “normal” SMS/MMS.

Caution: Users are reporting that the Google Messages app will not allow them to send or receive RCS messages if the OS is rooted or has not passed GMS authentication (like most custom ROMs).

It looks like Google Messages has implemented Play Integrity API verification checks, so be careful… pic.twitter.com/IwEKJQ0Z2v

– Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRehman) 29 February 2024

We will not throw tantrums anymore because our job is to inform, and what we know is what we have indicated: with android smartphone Rootthat they have unlock bootloader or use any custom rom they will not be able to use google messages From now on a certification verification Run Integrity API It integrates all the checks we knew before Security system,

This means that If an Android device is manipulated in any way by softwarewhich activates flags Of these APIs, they will not be able to use google messages So, no more access to the hackneyed RCS messaging that the Mountain View giant has long wanted to impose on us.

Using these tests Run Integrity API And Security system it seemed to us Logical for banking apps or others that use more sensitive information A mobile phone with the number of users, and permissions super user In this respect it is quite dangerous, but This doesn’t make much sense google messages check ‘Root’ Well, it’s not like he’ll be able to steal anything from us.

Google runs ‘Play Integrity API’ checks with the Messages app, so it blocks RCS, SMS and MMS messaging for any users using a ‘rooted’ or modified device.