{
  "id": 11225771,
  "title": "Google Messages is having trouble sending media files over RCS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/google-messages-is-having-trouble-sending-media-files-over-rcs",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:40:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-rcs-media-issue-3718038/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Messages is currently experiencing difficulties when sending media files via RCS to other Android phones. Users on Reddit have reported that GIFs, pictures, photomoji, and stickers fail to be delivered when RCS is activated. Interestingly, sending media to iPhones over RCS does not appear to be affected by this issue. Google Messages has recently made significant progress towards implementing RCS video calls, which remains a work in progress. However, before the company can even consider rolling out this feature, they must first address the problem that's currently preventing media from being sent over RCS. Reddit users have shared their experiences, noting that enabling RCS causes the issue with sending media to other Android phones. A potential solution for many of the affected users is to switch from RCS to SMS/MMS.",
  "summary": "Google Messages is refusing to send media to other Android phones.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}