Discussion - RCS is not working with Google Messages on new Android phones (UPDATE: Google responds)

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Aixelsyd
Aixelsyd
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

It's not only new phone. I've owned my Pixel 10pro since release and out of nowhere last night and gif or picture trying to be sent won't go and the person I send it to receives nothing until I wait for the msg saying still sending. then you click it and choose send as SMS/MMS and it will finally send


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Alan Friedman
Alan Friedman
Phonearena team
• 1mo ago
↵Aixelsyd said:

It's not only new phone. I've owned my Pixel 10pro since release and out of nowhere last night and gif or picture trying to be sent won't go and the person I send it to receives nothing until I wait for the msg saying still sending. then you click it and choose send as SMS/MMS and it will finally send


Sorry to hear that. You can send it as an SMS, but you're losing the RCS features. Did you try the fix in the article?

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo agoedited

So, a shoddy workaround for a bug that's in a Google product. Nothing new here.

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Masterpo89
Masterpo89
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

The best solution I've figured, that hasn't failed me yet is by going into the app setting through the device settings and selecting clear data. However first make sure that your messages are backed up as best as possible. Then you tap on clear data? Which completely clears all the settings, data, and re-establish's the connection to your carriers network, resulting in your RCS connecting and working properly.

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Aixelsyd
Aixelsyd
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago
↵AlanFriedman said:

Sorry to hear that. You can send it as an SMS, but you're losing the RCS features. Did you try the fix in the article?

No ...... what I did was switch texting apps briefly and fired off a few texts with pics & gifs. Clear cache and storage on Google Message while using the other app. Restarted the phone then put Google Message back as default and now it seems to working again.

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XdekHckr
XdekHckr
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo agoedited

"A Google spokesperson said"

Ah yes, next marketing bs... It would be more interesting if they explained what's the issue and how to fix it NOW.

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XdekHckr
XdekHckr
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago
↵Masterpo89 said:

The best solution I've figured, that hasn't failed me yet is by going into the app setting through the device settings and selecting clear data. However first make sure that your messages are backed up as best as possible. Then you tap on clear data? Which completely clears all the settings, data, and re-establish's the connection to your carriers network, resulting in your RCS connecting and working properly.

turning RCS off and on doesn't do the same thing?

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burnished
burnished
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago
↵XdekHckr said:

"A Google spokesperson said"

Ah yes, next marketing bs... It would be more interesting if they explained what's the issue and how to fix it NOW.

They said there was a potential fix. Did you even read the article?? Lol are you ok?

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TuGa121
TuGa121
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• 1mo agoedited
↵meanestgenius said:

So, a shoddy workaround for a bug that's in a Google product. Nothing new here.

This is exactly what I was going to say. It’s frustrating that Android often feels like a "half-baked" product; I can never rely on it as a daily driver. It’s always "do this, restart, try that, restart again"—the experience is just a mess.

According to ignorant fan girls android does not have bugs.

It’s ironic how people are always quick to blame Apple whenever there’s a cross-platform messaging issue, yet here we are again dealing with a "half-baked" experience on the Android side. It’s frustrating that Google’s own services feel so unreliable for a daily driver.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago
↵TuGa121 said:

This is exactly what I was going to say. It’s frustrating that Android often feels like a "half-baked" product; I can never rely on it as a daily driver. It’s always "do this, restart, try that, restart again"—the experience is just a mess.

According to ignorant fan girls android does not have bugs.

It’s ironic how people are always quick to blame Apple whenever there’s a cross-platform messaging issue, yet here we are again dealing with a "half-baked" experience on the Android side. It’s frustrating that Google’s own services feel so unreliable for a daily driver.

"It’s frustrating that Android often feels like a "half-baked" product".

This is exactly how I feel about Googles implementation of Android, especially on Pixel devices. This is why I use Android devices from any Android other OEM, as long as it's not a Pixel. Other Android OEM's have less issues with their products than Google does with its Pixels. Pixels should be the premier Android device with them coming from straight Google themselves, but Google just can't get it right, and Google can't seem to keep bugs out of its own products. That's worrisome for me. This is also why I rely on other OS's as my Primary daily driver, specifically HarmonyOS. People can say what they want about it and Huawei, but my personal experience is that Huawei product have been much more dependable for me.

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