Google Messages replaced the AOSP SMS app, and is the only app that provides support for E2EE RCS and standard RCS if your carrier has not provided their own.
It’s also one of the few mainstream mesaaging apps that won’t have a hissy fit about being installed on a rooted device
Edit: Ah, my point got lost. There is no other app on Android that will let you do RCS mesaaging from a desktop.
Google Messages replaced the AOSP SMS app, and is the only app that provides support for E2EE RCS and standard RCS if your carrier has not provided their own.
It’s also one of the few mainstream mesaaging apps that won’t have a hissy fit about being installed on a rooted device
Edit: Ah, my point got lost. There is no other app on Android that will let you do RCS mesaaging from a desktop.
Yes but it’s a proprietary Google app. Degoogling is to rid yourself of this app.