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Indian users of Google Messages are facing a deluge of ads within Android\u2019s default messaging app, 9to5Google <\/em>reports<\/a>. Users are reporting being sent multiple ads a day<\/a>, even if they enable the app\u2019s Spam Protection feature<\/a>, and blocking and reporting the offending accounts doesn\u2019t appear to prevent ads from different companies appearing. Many of the worst offenders appear to be ads for personal loans, gambling companies, and life insurance. <\/p>\n

As 9to5Google<\/em> notes, companies appear to be abusing an RCS feature<\/a> designed to let businesses contact their customers with rich, interactive media. Example\u2019s listed on Google\u2019s site include sending customers QR-code tickets, or letting them make online orders. Instead, some accounts that Google identifies as \u201cVerified Business\u201d are sending users in India a barrage of ads.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear how widespread the issue currently is, but Indian-based Ishan Agarwal \u2014 whose recent tweets have drawn attention to the issue \u2014 tells The Verge <\/em>that for him the problem has been growing worse over the course of 2022, and that he receives an average of between two and five ads a day now. Android Police<\/em> reports<\/a> that the problem has been around for about a year, and complaints appear to be coming overwhelmingly from users based in India. <\/p>\n

Although blocking and reporting accounts prevents specific companies from continuing to send you spam, Android Police<\/em> reports that the only way to stop receiving ads entirely is to disable Messages\u2019 support for RCS (under \u201cchat features\u201d in settings). It\u2019s a pretty damning measure to have to take considering how hard Google has been pushing RCS<\/a> as a successor to SMS and MMS. <\/p>\n

Google did not respond to The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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