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Android @lemdro.id ijeff @lemdro.id 8 mo. ago

Messages preps Google Account pairing, likely replaces QR codes

9to5google.com Messages preps Google Account pairing for tablets & web, likely replaces QR codes

Google Messages on the Pixel Tablet is unacceptable for relying on QR code sign-in, but the company might a Google Account-based pairing...

Messages preps Google Account pairing for tablets & web, likely replaces QR codes

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Google Pixel @lemdro.id ijeff @lemdro.id 8 mo. ago

Messages preps Google Account pairing, likely replaces QR codes

9to5google.com /2023/09/12/google-messages-account-pairing/

28 comments

That would be nice
Anyone know how/if this is this going to impact the desktop web app?
Gross :(
- Allowing people to more easily sign in?
  
  Half the people here are trying to de-google
  
  If the qr code options stays then its absolutely a positive, but RCS is already a (very frustratingly) closed ecosystem: locking certain features behind an account would just kinda suck, since google messages (or I think maybe Samsung messages also) is the only way to use RCS presently

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