I’m using the default messaging app on e/OS and it doesn’t support emoji responses. Not sure if this is a de-Google limitation or if other apps do have it. If so, any recommendations on basic SMS apps?

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    1 day ago

    It doesn’t, actually. Google Messages implemented this before Apple got RCS. It’s as simple as seeing a message come in that says " liked message" and converting it into a 👍 response for the referenced message. Unfortunately no one has followed their lead on that one.

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      1 day ago

      That is why I said sending them. You can’t send reactions that people can also see without RCS. QUIK SMS converts received reactions into the proper format but still can’t send them.

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        16 hours ago

        I’m not sure what you mean. Every receiver has a sender. If you send it to someone with Google Messages without RCS, they will receive it.

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          12 hours ago

          QUIK SMS implements turning “blank liked message” into the proper format, but that still doesnt allow sending emoji reactions.

          I was pretty sure that RCS id centralized and requires using the existing infrastructure, which requires some contract with Google or other providers.

          Either way, no open source Messenger (that I know of) exists which supports RCS.

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            10 hours ago

            that still doesnt allow sending emoji reactions.

            Either way, it doesn’t matter. The point is, RCS does not matter. It is not necessary.