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I Think the Internet Just Figured Out a Way to Force RCS on Your Android Phone

Kellen October 28, 2019

RCS might have arrived in the US without the greenlight from Google and before the carriers can push their own version in 2020. The Internet, because it will always be undefeated, might have figured out how you can force enable RCS on your phone right now. A...

Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint Team Up to Bring RCS to US (Updated)

Kellen October 24, 2019

The Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI) will bring RCS to US consumers, they say. It's only been a couple of months since Google decided to force adoption of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on Android in Europe, all while suggesting that they couldn't...

Pixel 4 Could Have Been the Moment for Google to Showcase RCS, But You Know, Carriers

Kellen October 17, 2019

At the "Made by Google" event earlier this week, Google was super excited to announce that they had expanded their partnerships and would launch the new Pixel 4 through every major US carrier. This was a first for Google, who had exclusively (and mistakenly)...

Google Would Love to Bring RCS to Your Phone, but US Carriers are Bad

Kellen July 28, 2019

If you assumed that your US carrier is the reason you haven't been given access to RCS, which should be the future of SMS, you are probably right. Google's Hiroshi Lockheimer said as much in a Tweet this weekend, while sharing news that they have fully rolled...

Google Says It’s Ready to Bring RCS to Your Phone, Carriers be Damned

Kellen June 17, 2019

Less than two weeks ago, just as Verizon gave the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ access to RCS messaging, I shared with you a few pointed thoughts on how bad the RCS situation has become. In fact, I said that "RCS is dumb" because of the way Google has tried to roll...

Verizon’s Galaxy S9, S9+ Get RCS Support and Prove That RCS is Dumb

Kellen June 6, 2019

Verizon is making RCS available to the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ this week. After launching similar RCS service for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL last year, these are the only other devices to support the future of text messaging on Big Red's network. An update...

T-Mobile OnePlus 6T Grabs Update, Now Supports RCS

Kellen March 11, 2019

The OnePlus 6T has been added to the list of RCS-supported devices on T-Mobile as of this past weekend. The support arrives thanks to an update that includes the January security patch too. With RCS support, the OnePlus 6T joins a number of T-Mobile phones...

T-Mobile Galaxy S9, S9+ Get Android 9 Pie Update and RCS Universal Profile 1.0 (Updated)

Kellen February 13, 2019

T-Mobile may be one of the last to do it, but as of tonight, they have started rolling out the Android 9 Pie update to the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Not only that, but they are activating RCS Universal Profile 1.0 for each phone too. The updates arrive...