Search large Google just lately introduced that it was finishing up a variety of assessments for end-to-end encryption being employed on its “Messages” app, particularly for group chats.

The multinational additionally famous that the function could also be rolled out to a couple customers of the “Messages” app who are on its open beta program.

According to a report by TechCrunch, the search large initially started testing end-to-end encryption for particular person chats in 2020, and later made the function obtainable to all customers of the app in June.

Google’s messaging service relies on Rich Communication Services, often known as RCS, an upgraded model of the SMS service with added options like typing indicators and ‘learn’ marks.

As per TechCrunch, the search large has tried to persuade producers and carriers, and even tech giants like Apple, to undertake the RCS system in an effort to enable sharing of high-quality multimedia content material by way of android to iPhone customers.

“Today, all of the major mobile carriers and manufacturers have adopted RCS as the standard – except for Apple. Apple refuses to adopt RCS and continues to rely on SMS when people with iPhones message people with Android phones, which means their texting is stuck in the 1990s,” a weblog submit on Google learn.

The weblog submit additional learn, “Hopefully, Apple can #GetTheMessage so we don’t have to keep waiting to remove the whole ‘green-versus-blue bubble’ thing. Happy birthday, SMS – you were a great start, and you had a good run, but everyone is ready for an upgrade”.

Meanwhile, Google has tried to bridge the consumer expertise between customers having totally different working programs by including response assist for iPhone texts.