There did not seem to be an RCS story. Whether the device is RCS capable or not seems to be up to some unfathomable Google logic the tickling of which didn't work for me. Having old RCS chat histories and new RCS chats not work made me go back to stock quick.

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strcat 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Official support for Google Messages on GrapheneOS is being developed instead of needing to set it up in a very particular way where it can be fragile. In the long term, we plan to make our own RCS app.

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throawayonthe 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

you need the google messaging app for RCS

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goda90 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Is it because no one else has tried implementing the RCS standard or because Google has some proprietary hold over it?

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alethic 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

No one else has tried implementing the RCS standard.

There just aren't any open-source Android libraries for RCS out there, much less anything in AOSP.

https://github.com/search?q=rcs+android&type=repositories

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cpa 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Apple has RCS, compatible with Android, at least in the EU. You don't get the blue bubble though.

	▲	Klonoar 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think they’re asking about on Android. The point is whether there’s an alternative RCS client to run on GOS.

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yellowapple 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Which itself is not guaranteed to work even on ”stock” Android, let alone GOS — which multiple people (myself included) have been experiencing firsthand.

	▲	strcat 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		GrapheneOS hasn't added official support for it yet, but we're working on it. People using it on GrapheneOS have been relying on it working for many people with various tweaks but not everyone. Official support will make it reliable.

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ThePowerOfFuet 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

RCS is an abomination.