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November 14, 2019 06:15 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/e9I7ONYeFbw/googles-rollout-of-rcs-chat-for-all-android-users-in-the-us-begins-today
Google's Rollout 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. From a report: 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. Further reading: The Four Major Carriers Finally Agree To Replace SMS With a New RCS Standard.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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