Google today officially detailed the new Fi Web Calls & Messages that started rolling out yesterday. The MVNO acknowledges that there are a “few changes to how things work under the hood.” Compared to ...

Open Google Messages → profile icon → Messages settings → RCS chats → turn off “RCS chats.” Wait a full 5 minutes (not 30 seconds — the deregistration needs time to propagate to Google’s servers).

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google's been a big proponent of RCS, the standard that modernizes text messaging with features like high-quality media, typing ...

Back in October, Google said Fi Wireless would “update web calls and messages.” This works by introducing a new Google Fi Web Calls page, while RCS is now handled by Google Messages for web.

Google Messages has changed more in the last year than in the previous five combined. Encrypted RCS between iPhone and Android is rolling out, real-time location sharing through Find Hub is replacing ...