Google adds encrypted messaging to its Android app

A standard of Apple's iMessage system for years, the feature has until now been absent from the default app from Google.

Otherwise, as with iMessages, the advanced chat features on Google's app will fall back on to regular short message service (SMS) messaging.

And some other apps - such as Samsung's default app, also named Messages - offer some RCS functions but not end-to-end encryption.

Google also announced its earthquake-alerts system, released to New Zealand and Greece earlier this year, was being extended to Turkey, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with more countries to follow.

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