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Join should support Google Messages encrypted chats

New Android devices often have Google Messages as the default SMS app, and it uses encryption and a data channel when you send messages to someone also using Google Messages.  An incoming message of this form seems to be ignored by Join:  no notification is sent to my other devices.  Can Join be taught to see these messages and make them available on other devices?  Could it at least see the notification on my phone, and notify other devices about the message (without producing two notifications for every old-fashioned SMS message that arrives)?

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I'll point out that this use of encrypted chat happens transparently for the user, so it seems very odd at first that some incoming text messages are forwarded to linked devices and some are not.  I believe this method of texting is going to become very prominent.

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