GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

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Post by microtonal » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC

GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released
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Re: GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

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Post by LoganDark » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

That was really fast, they only announced it like a day or two ago IIRC? Also: no screenshots of the redesigned interface?!

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Post by getpokedagain » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:39 PM UTC

LoganDark wrote: post #2

That was really fast, they only announced it like a day or two ago IIRC? Also: no screenshots of the redesigned interface?!

If you look at the history they have been working on this for a few months. The announcement probably was tied to this public release being cut for testing.

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Post by mewse-hn » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC

Does it do RCS?

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Post by mmooss » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC

With a seemingly insurmountable workload - maintain an actually secure OS fork - for a small team, I wonder how GrapheneOS prioritizes things like messaging apps? I'm not saying it's wrong at all; I am just interested in the thinking inside a project like that.

I can imagine many reasons to devote resources to it:

* A platform is only as good as its apps. If they want to grow GOS in the general public, it requires a good SMS/MMS messaging app.

* LLM tools greatly reduce development costs, especially for well-known functions like text messaging.

* Without secure messaging (as far as SMS/MMS can be secure), the platform security is greatly reduced.

* GOS got a big donation, or has a volunteer that wants to do messaging ...

But idk what I'm talking about. What is their approach?

Re: GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

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Post by cloudie78 » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC

How about some screenshots?

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Post by OneDeuxTriSeiGo » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC

mewse-hn wrote: post #4

Does it do RCS?

No. RCS is still quite hard to actually implement. There's an open issue for it but the effort is mildly herculean.

AFAIUI though GOS does intend on providing an RCS impl eventually even if it takes years to do.

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Post by chadgpt3 » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC

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Post by gib444 » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC

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Post by qweqwe14 » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC

cloudie78 wrote: post #6

How about some screenshots?

I constantly see those projects that would benefit from a screenshot in a readme, but for some reason the thought about adding one doesn't even come to the authors' mind, even though it's pretty obvious. I'd really like to know what's going on.