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Samsung and Google are RCS Besties Now

Kellen September 12, 2018

RCS will be cool in like 5 years when we have more than 1.5 carriers and some phones that can utilize it. Messages will be filled with typing indicators and higher-res images and all the group sh*t you could ever get into, in a group message. Trust me, we've...

T-Mobile Activates RCS Universal Profile, but Only for the Galaxy S7 (Updated: Oreo!)

Kellen June 29, 2018 35

T-Mobile said back in March that during Q2, they would rollout support for RCS Universal Profile to their network to help usher us all into a modern messaging age. Since we're a day away from Q2 ending, they've gone ahead and announced that their RCS push has...

Ugh, Let’s Talk About Google and RCS and “Chat” and the Death of Allo and…Ugh

Kellen April 19, 2018 162

It's Thursday evening, I've got a cold glass of sake in hand, the Blazers are getting just got torched, and I'm nursing a stuffy nose, all while awaiting J. Cole's new album, and The Verge drops the most frustrating Google-related messaging story on us I've...

T-Mobile Will Launch RCS Universal Profile Support in Q2

Kellen March 13, 2018 41

The world of messaging is a confusing one at times. Whether it's iMessage or WhatsApp or classic text messaging, finding a solution that everyone has and uses is never easy. With RCS (rich communication services), we were under the impression that we might...

Google Appears Ready to Turn Android Messages Into Android’s iMessage

Kellen February 9, 2018 46

Back in August, a reliable source of ours told us that Android Messages would gain a web portal, just like Allo's, that you would access via QR code. We assumed that Google would have launched it by now (that was 6 months ago), but only yesterday, the folks at...

Google Renames Messenger to Android Messages

Kellen February 24, 2017 68

I promise that we aren't purposely trying to confuse you all of the time about Google's messaging strategy, but we have an update today. If you head into Google Play and check the apps you have available with updates, you'll probably notice one called "Android...

T-Mobile Might be Testing RCS Inside Google Messenger (Update)

Tim January 31, 2017 20

According to a number of reddit users and a tweet we have received, T-Mobile appears to be testing RCS (Rich Communication Services) inside of the Google Messenger app with those who signed up with DIGITS. Announced back in early December, DIGITS is T-Mobile's...

Google Adds Rogers to the List of Carriers Using Messenger for RCS Messaging

Kellen December 13, 2016 44

A little over a month after Google announced that it had teamed up with Sprint to bring RCS (Rich Communications Services) to its customers via the Google Messenger app, Google has now announced the same for Rogers in Canada. Starting today, some Rogers...