Chatbots

same scenario...Samsung uses their own messaging app….which carries have zip to do with...if this were the case then Google Messages would have the same thing going on with it..

7863548940 wrote:

Hey, 

I noticed it today Sept. 9th. I selected it and a disclaimer provided by Samsung states that the chatbot service is provided by T-mobile and not Samsung ect. 

I agreed to the terms and conditions. The next screen opened and it only has a search option. I typed in a few letters and it displays a few chatbot apps or services. 

No information on who developed them, the country, security precautions provided, review ratings ect. I'm going to leave it alone for now. 

CLF 

 

Hey, 

I noticed it today Sept. 9th. I selected it and a disclaimer provided by Samsung states that the chatbot service is provided by T-mobile and not Samsung ect. 

I agreed to the terms and conditions. The next screen opened and it only has a search option. I typed in a few letters and it displays a few chatbot apps or services. 

No information on who developed them, the country, security precautions provided, review ratings ect. 

I've been researching this and found some interesting articles but I'm going to leave it alone for now. Doesn't seem like a very good way of introducing chatbots to thousands of people. 

CLF 

dfwfern wrote:

Chatbots has appeared on my One Plus phone SMS at the top of texts yesterday. I want to delete it. How?

I do not know anything about One Plus, but on my Samsung S20 U, that dang chat bot thing showed up today!  Does anyone have a "Cliff's Notes" style way of explaining how to get rid of the dang thing on a Samsung?!

As mentioned, Cellular Service Providers have very little to do with any software and firmware sent out to any device.  T-Mobile might have some input with their bloatware, network aggregation, APN, and a little more, but over all, the OEM does the bulk of it all.  

I have picked up a OnePlus 8 5G to have a little more input with OnePlus betals and alphas across devices.  The Chatbot thing does not show up on either of my OnePlus 7 Pro’s.  It is app version specific though.  Exporting the OnePlus Messages app from my OnePlus 7 Pro to overwrite the one on the 8 5G, removes the chatbots at the top of the Messages screen.  You can find earlier versions of the app to install from various app mirrors, if this annoys you that much.  

oopovertyoo wrote:

I suspect this starting to be a larger question with other brands of phone seeing the same thing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UniversalProfile/comments/hevevj/chatbots_on_tmobile/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

 

Seems to be related to RCS functionality on devices.

 

Installation of a non-default chat app is a workaround not a fix. As the default messaging app cannot be removed (with in The confines of maintaining a warranty) from the phone only disabled.

huh...weird...who woulda thunk it was not something a specific carrier decided to sneak into a stock app on a specific phone..

I suspect this starting to be a larger question with other brands of phone seeing the same thing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UniversalProfile/comments/hevevj/chatbots_on_tmobile/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Seems to be related to RCS functionality on devices.

Installation of a non-default chat app is a workaround not a fix. As the default messaging app cannot be removed (with in The confines of maintaining a warranty) from the phone only disabled.

fireguy_6364 wrote:

dfwfern wrote:

It was on the OnePlus SMS.  I removed the stock SMS and Chatbots went away.

 this ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^~~~ is why i mentioned if its stock then it wasnt a choice by the carrier..no manufacturer is going to make random changes for only one carrier..its a all or not deal with that stuff.

 

the above portion was for the others...not you dfwfern lol.

 

this part is for you though lol

 

~~~vvvvvvvv~~~~

 

which one did you end up using by the way? i used to use either Textra or Handcent...but Googles texting app has grown on me with the last couple devices i have owned..

so I used Google, easy default for this non-techie

Again if this was a OnePlus thing ALL OnePlus phones would have the chatbots.

Is there a better explanation as to why only the T-mobile variants of the OnePlus phones are the only ones reporting chatbots showing up in the messaging app?

Do we think OnePlus with their own money, time, engineering created a special version of their messaging app just for the T-mobile variants? Who do we think would have told them to do that?

Software for all brands of phones (OnePlus, Samsung, LG, Sony, etc..) is generically built and then sent to all the different cell phone service providers to add their own flavor and apps which is why the build versions differ from T-mobile, Verizon, Sprint, etc... etc… for the same exact phone.

The same things happens with computers you buy a dell you get a load of “bloatware” that dell installed and modified specifically for their products.

We’re not here to argue and point fingers at providers vs manufactures or discuss the nuances of who did or didn’t do what.
We are all collectively here trying to find a solution to a problem. 

dfwfern wrote:

It was on the OnePlus SMS.  I removed the stock SMS and Chatbots went away.

 this ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^~~~ is why i mentioned if its stock then it wasnt a choice by the carrier..no manufacturer is going to make random changes for only one carrier..its a all or not deal with that stuff.

the above portion was for the others...not you dfwfern lol.

this part is for you though lol

~~~vvvvvvvv~~~~

which one did you end up using by the way? i used to use either Textra or Handcent...but Googles texting app has grown on me with the last couple devices i have owned..