Key Highlights
- The Nothing Chats app was launched last week.
- The app has been removed from the Play Store due to privacy concerns.
- The App supports RCS communication.
UK-based tech firm owned by Carl Pei recently launched the Nothing Chat App with Blue Bubble to bridge the communication gap created by iMessage for Apple devices. The application was listed on the Google Play Store for downloads on Phone 2 but has now been taken down from the platform due to privacy and security concerns. Nothing
Nothing has removed the beta version of its messaging app Nothing Chats from the Google Play Store after many users expressed worries about the programme’s privacy and security since it was announced.
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Nothing Chats app was launched last week with the goal of removing communication disconnects between Android and iOS devices. The app was made available for download only for Nothing Phone 2 users and allows users to receive and send text messages through iMessage. Android users when sending SMS to iOS users appear in a green bubble while iOS to iOS messages appear in a blue bubble. But with the arrival of the Nothing Chats app Phone 2 users were allowed to text or MMS to iOS users via the RCS protocol and it showed up in blue bubbles. But the company has now removed it from Google Play Store without mentioning the reason for the removal instead it said, “We’ve removed the Nothing Chats beta from the Play Store and will be delaying the launch until further notice to work with Sunbird to fix several bugs. We apologise for the delay and will do right by our users.”
If Seen, the company has taken this step because it has to face a lot of criticism from the users for sending Apple ID data through HTTP instead of the safer HTTPS protocol.
In order to use the iMessage one must first have to log in via their Apple ID using the Nothing Chats app that is said to log the user in using a Mac that is situated in a distant server. Note that Nothing Chats App is powered by Sunbird and when the messages, images and videos received through its system are unencrypted. Therefore the SMS or MMS sent or received through Sunbird’s system is public.
