After working on the technology for many years, Google finally brought its rich communication services (RCS) messaging support for Google Messages in India back in 2019 to compete with the likes of WhatsApp and various other messaging platforms. Apart from hosting various features, the app is home to spam too. According to numerous user reports, the functionality is being abused by advertisers in India to deliver unwanted ads in huge volumes. Check out the details below to find out more!
According to a recent report by 9to5Google, citing Indian tipster Ishan Agarwal, many companies like Kotak Mahindra, Bajaj Finserv, PolicyBazaar, and more are abusing the Rich Communication Services (RCS) support in Google Messages to deliver a massive volume of rich media ads to Android users in India. The companies are sending out multiple ads, promoting their products and services, to Android users every day, which has frustrated many users in the country. You can check out Agarwal’s tweet attached right below.
Google Messages is becoming the worst possible Google app.The amount of ads its sending is crazy, multiple every day. Yes, these are NOT messages, these are ads being pushed by the app to 🇮🇳 Indian users.It’s the default messaging app on most Android phones here. 😑 pic.twitter.com/8EYnIh5cd9— Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) May 16, 2022
According to other reports, these unwanted advertisements in Google Messages have been going out for over a year in India. And over time, the frequency of the ads has only increased for Android users in the country.
