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T-Mobile and Google Team Up to Make RCS Work Better Between Carriers

Kellen May 26, 2020 80

I'm starting to get the sense that RCS might finally be taking off after all these years. Thanks to carriers initially not wanting to play nicely with Google for the messaging service, there was slowness to adopt, but then Google said, "To hell with you all,"...

RCS End-to-End Encryption Hinted at in Internal Google Messages Build

Kellen May 25, 2020 5

For Google Messages to continue to take steps towards matching Apple's iMessage in features, its biggest need is arguably in the private security department. We're talking end-to-end encryption over messages, which Google has yet to include. According to an...

iMessage-Like Reactions Start Showing Up on Google’s Messages App

Kellen May 13, 2020

The dream of so many Android users is to finally have a messaging app that can rival Apple's iMessage. There aren't many that come close, but Google is certainly doing its best to give us that with Messages, thanks to RCS and its set of "Chat" features....

Windows Your Phone App Gets Copy/Paste, RCS Support With Galaxy S20

Kellen March 13, 2020

A fresh set of features is headed to Windows users that brings exclusive features to owners of the Samsung Galaxy S20 line and the Galaxy Z Flip. If you are familiar with and/or use the Your Phone app on your Windows PC, you'll like what I'm about to tell you....

RCS is the Future of Android Texting, Tell Your Friends

Kellen December 18, 2019

The story of RCS is a long, multi-year tale filled with early unrealized promises, ounces of hope crushed by wireless carriers, the snakiest of moves by those same carriers, and an eventual power play by Google to help establish the future of text messaging on...

RCS is Really, Really Available to All US Users of Google Messages

Kellen December 12, 2019

We asked you the other day if RCS had changed your life and the responses have been fun to try and recap. We asked because RCS began rolling out in mid-November, so we assumed it had finished and that you all had time to play with it some. As it turns out, we...

How Much Has Your Life Changed With RCS?

Kellen December 9, 2019

When Google said "Ahhh, to hell with carriers!" last month and started rolling out RCS to US Android users through the Google Messages app, there was quite the celebration. Part of me was proud to see Google finally take a bit of a stand against carriers when...

Google is Done Waiting for Carriers, Rolls Out RCS to US in Messages Today

Kellen November 14, 2019

Google is doing it, they are finally doing it. RCS is broadly rolling out to the US through Google's Messages app starting today. Google shared the news with us this morning in a somewhat striking turn of events. You may recall that as they began rolling out...