TL;DR
- GrapheneOS is overhauling its Messaging app with a redesigned interface, improvements, and bug fixes.
- RCS support is coming to GrapheneOS’ own Messaging app, eventually reducing its reliance on Google Messages.
- A new secure paste feature will block apps from reading clipboard data copied by other apps.
GrapheneOS is best known for taking away Google’s unnecessary reach into Android. But as the project matured, its ambitions started expanding beyond the operating system itself. To prepare for that next chapter, GrapheneOS is now stepping up work on the everyday apps and features users still rely on elsewhere, including a redesigned Messaging app, plans for RCS, and a new secure way to paste sensitive information.
The first of these changes is already taking shape. GrapheneOS says it is preparing a new release of its Messaging app with a completely overhauled interface built using Android Compose. The update also includes a “massive amount” of other improvements and bug fixes.
