Like other messaging applications, Google messages will soon delete a message after sending it. A welcome function to limit errors, but obviously limited to RCS.
You dreamed of it, Google did it. After WhatsApp, Messenger or Imessage, Google Messages will allow its users to cancel the sending of a message. Until then, the messaging application, installed as standard on many Android smartphones, did not have such an option. In a next update, users will be able to delete a message after sending it, if they have made a recipient error; If they have made mistakes in the text or if they have changed their minds on its content, for example.
On the other hand, cancellation will only be possible for messages sent to RCS and not for classic classic SMS and MMS. As a reminder, in the same way as a message sent via WhatsApp, an RCS message requires an Internet connection, unlike a text that uses a dedicated protocol via the telephone mobile network. A normal limitation insofar as the very old SMS protocol did not provide for this kind of option at all.
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It is a curious developer who, by studying the code of a beta version of the application, discovered a function entitled Delete for Everyone (erasing for everyone, in French), which suggests that it will soon be integrated by Google in messages. According to Llui, this option will be modeled on that used by WhatsApp. Thus, when the user deletes a message in a conversation, it will be deleted for all members of the conversation. The latter will then see the mention appear “Message deleted by its author”.
Please note, the cancellation of messages will only be possible if sender and recipients use compatible versions. The recipients using old versions should continue to see the deleted messages appear.
Obviously, this possibility of cancellation will not be unlimited over time. Google messages should, like its counterparts, impose a delay to delete a message sent. On WhatsApp, the delay is two days. Apple iMessage leaves only a few hours, as for Messenger, the deadline is limited a few minutes. For the time being, we do not know the one Google will impose in messages. No more than the release date of this cancellation function.