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Google Could Let RCS Finally Come to Your Favorite Messaging App (Updated)

Kellen July 9, 2021 23

Google has finally convinced (most) carriers to adopt its Messages app and the RCS or "Chat" service they've implemented within it, basically as the default text message app for Android phones going forward. It's a huge milestone for RCS and one that should...

AT&T Joins the Google Messages and RCS Party

Kellen June 30, 2021 22

Google and AT&T dropped a bit of excellent news on the wireless industry today by announcing that AT&T is all-in on Google Messages and RCS. We love this because it means another carrier is onboard for the greater messaging good in the US, following in...

Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T Abandon Their Dumb RCS Plans

Kellen April 13, 2021 38

You may not remember the news, but in October of 2019, just as Google was starting to force RCS into its Messages app outside of the US, the big US carriers (Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T) announced an RCS-related venture of their own. Called the Cross...

T-Mobile and Google Team Up for Big Pixel, RCS, and YouTube TV Moves

Kellen March 29, 2021 29

In one of the most unexpected Monday announcements, T-Mobile and Google just dropped all sorts of big partnership news on us. T-Mobile has turned into the ultimate Google fanboy, which means all of the Google products and services are coming your way, T-Mo...

Galaxy S21 Default Messaging Experience is Way Better Outside US

Tim January 16, 2021 53

It was detailed yesterday that the Galaxy S21 lineup would come preloaded with Google's Messages app, which has become a very solid app for texting, complete with RCS functionalities. The experience is said to be more "native" on the S21 models, with...

Google Messages Encryption is Super Live, Reactions Hit the Web

Kellen December 11, 2020 10

The feature list of Google Messages, as well as its flexibility for use across devices, continues to improve with each passing month. We learned a month ago that encryption was soon to arrive for RCS users, and that seems to be going live for more folks today,...

Google Voice RCS Would Be Awesome, Google

Kellen December 10, 2020 31

For most of the past decade, I have used nothing but Google Voice for texting and calling. Through the hundreds of phones I've tested on various carriers, I almost never touch the dialer and place a call through that phone's actual number, because instead I...

Google Messages RCS Goes Global, End-to-End Encryption is Coming Too

Kellen November 19, 2020 36

Google announced a couple of big items related to its Messages app this morning, both of which have to do with RCS. The biggest news is likely in encryption, but if you've been waiting for RCS to arrive in your country, it should now be. Global RCS rollout...