Google announcement of RCS chat for all Android users in the US begins today

Latest Post Google announcement of RCS chat for all Android users in the US begins today Google is announcing that today, a year and a half after it first unveiled RCS chat as Android's primary texting platform, it is actually making RCS chat Android's primary texting platform. That's because it is rolling out availability to any Android user in the US who wants to use it, starting today. RCS stands for "Rich Communication Services," and it's the successor to SMS. Like other texting services, it supports read receipts, typing indicators, improved group chats, and high-quality images. Unlike several texting apps, like iMessage or Signal, it does not offer end-to-end encryption as an option. RCS is based on your phone number, so when you are texting with somebody who also has it, it should just turn on automatically in your chat. To get RCS, you simply need to use Android Messages as your default texting app on your Android phone. Many Android phones do that already by default, but Samsung users will need to head to the Google Play Store to download it and then switch to it as their default. Google is rolling out RCS incrementally, as it often does with new features. Once you have Android Messages, you should see an option to upgrade to "enable chat features." Google says it will be lighting that option up "in the coming weeks," and the full rollout will be completed by the end of the year. iPhones do not support RCS, and over the past year, Apple has declined to comment on whether it ever will multiple times. Until now, RCS was a service offered by carriers directly to their customers â€" or, more often, not offered, given the slow rollout. So to understand how Google is offering RCS chat to all Android users right now requires a bit of technical background. It gets even more complicated because the big four US carriers just announced that they will offer RCS in 2020. In theory, you shouldn’t need to know exactly how it works because when carriers begin to offer their version of RCS chat, Android users will seamlessly switch over to their service. Or it's possible that they will be able to continue to use Google's servers. https://adstoppipro.com/blog/google-announcement-of-rcs-chat-for-all-android-users-in-the-us-begins-today More blog here Contact Us  |   Facebook  |   Twitter  |   Support