Google Messages is having trouble sending media files over RCS

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TL;DR Android users are having trouble sending media to other Android phones on Google Messages.

The affected users claim that GIFs, pictures, photomoji, and stickers are not delivered when RCS is enabled.

There are reportedly no issues when sending media to an iPhone via RCS.

Google Messages just took a step closer to supporting a long-desired feature, RCS video calls. While it’s still very much a work in progress, it’s nice to know that it’s something that could come down the road. But before Google even thinks about rolling out such a feature, it will need to iron out a new wrinkle that’s causing trouble with media sent over RCS.

Over on Reddit (1, 2, 3), users are reporting an issue with Google Messages. When RCS is enabled in the app, these users are unable to send media files to other Android phones, such as GIFs, pictures, photomoji, and stickers. …