Have you ever sent a … hem!… Pic incriminating to the bad person by mistake? Apart from burning your phone, and going to the woods – I do not reappear again in society – there was not much that you could not do on this subject. So far!
Google Messages has just removed the equivalent of texts from a time machine, and Android users are already trying to test. The application is fresh “Remove for everyone” The button allows you to shoot a RCS message on your friend’s phone even after landing. Yes, as we know, iPhone owners have already appreciated this feature since 2022. But that does not mean that Android users cannot rejoice NOW.
How the new deletion function works
Open any RCS cat, press this teeth grinking, press the trash at the top, and you will now see two choices: Delete for me Or Delete for everyone.
Choose these and – sheltered – The text is replaced by “deleted message” for each participant. It only appears when all parties run the last construction of Google messages, so your cousin on an old G motorcycle can still keep the evidence.
Google began to sneak code channels on the recall of messages in beta constructions in February, opened a small test in May and turned on the stable chain on June 18. Techradar and Android Authority have confirmed a thrust on a national scale by mid-August, calling it the “essential rescue function of the embarrassment of the application”.
The figures tell the story
Despite what Apple could do is to think, they do not absolutely control the entire American smartphones market. More than 41% American phones run Android, while 58.7% Run IOS. Until this week, almost everyone in this Android camp did not have a real insensitive option unless they used WhatsApp or Signal. Now they remember the recall in the application of texts in stock and with a more spacious window. The first testers found the option still live an hour after sending, and some beta at the end of June referred to a complete 24 -hour cap.
THE “Delete for everyone“Functionality is another rhythm of Google’s campaign to do Rich communication services The default hose for texts. RCS supports reading receipts, high resolution media and encryption, SMS are never offered. Apple finally undertook to support the standard in iOS 18, but its first passwords without encryptionLeave RCS Android-Iphone cats readable by operators until the MLS switch Apple Flipe later this year.
Not a magic gum (again)
Before starting to text drunk with impunity, know the limits:
- The functionality will not affect old SMS or MMS messages.
- Quick readers – and faster screenshots – can always capture your original text.
- Legal experts warn that deleting messages in the workplace or in court could violate the detention rules.
- Your ex will always see the notification (and will judge you for this). Do not forget: hit the gymnasium and take no contact.
What else happens for Google messages
Diving in the recent demolisses of the APK, the Android police spotted the code for planned messages, view photos and full cat backups in Google messages. With Delete for everyoneThey sketch a roadmap in 2025 intended for parity with WhatsApp and Imessage – and perhaps a few passed in front of them.
Google Messages has just given Android users the power not to say what they should never have said. It fills a blatant gap with iPhones, pushes the carriers closer to RCS and prepares the ground for one year of rapid shooting improvements. If you haven’t seen the option yet, press the Play Store, take the last update and give this bin a long press – you might thank yourself later.
However, we always advise you to display a certain restraint when sending messages. If you don’t send it sober, sit on your fingers and let it go. This new feature concerns messages sent to the bad person, or to erase a message with such a blatant typo that you know that the receiver would stop talking to you if you did not know how to spell beautiful. Happy – and responsible – SMS!
