Google is making a big push for unified messaging on Android, an effort now known simply as “Chat.” Chat, or Rich Communication Services (RCS), seeks to do away with SMS and replace it with RCS, which allows for features SMS cannot currently handle, like lengthy messages, group chat, high-resolution photo sharing, read receipts, and typing indicators.
RCS has been in the works for several years, but in a lengthy exclusive, The Verge reported that Google has had some success getting more carriers and phone makers to adopt RCS. In 2016, T-Mobile and Sprint were on board, but AT&T and Verizon only signed on “in the past few months,” The Verge says.
RCS now has 55 global carriers, 11 phone makers, and two operating system makers signed up, according to the GSMA, a mobile trade group handling RCS specifications. That second OS maker? Microsoft, which could pave the way for an RCS chat app on Windows 10, The Verge speculates.
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