Good times are ahead for Google Messages, Android's default messaging app, which also supports RCS (Rich Communication Services). RCS is a newer messaging standard and a successor to SMS and MMS. It supports various modern messaging features. A few weeks ago, Google announced that it hit a billion installs for Google Messages. Then, Apple announced that it will bring RCS to iPhones next year. Now, it appears that Google is bringing even more features to its messaging app.
Google Messages is internally testing message editing functionality
Google Messages could soon allow you to edit sent messages. This feature is similar to what Apple's iMessage and Meta's WhatsApp already offer. According to the code snippets spotted by TheSpAndroid, Google is internally testing the ability to edit sent messages. There are four flags in the latest beta version of Google Messages that hint at the upcoming feature, but they don't actually work yet.
As messaging apps are becoming more and more important, they need to offer the ability to edit sent messages. While Google did not comment on this upcoming feature, there will likely be a time limit as to which messages you can edit. It is also unclear if the user on the other side can see what the original message was and how and when it was edited. Samsung's default messaging app also supports RCS, but it is unclear if it will support message editing.
Currently, the only first-party way to use modern messaging features, like typing indicators, stickers, location sharing, group chatting, voice messages, and support for higher resolution images and videos, on iPhone is to use iMessage, while on Android, it is RCS. Once Apple brings RCS to iPhones, the adoption of RCS will likely shoot off the charts. It will also break the barrier between Android and iPhone users.
