Google’s back at it again. After launching and shutting down nearly half a dozen instant messaging apps, the company is taking yet another crack at filling the iMessage-sized hole in the Android ecosystem. For the past year or two, Google has been working towards a fundamental solution to avoid running into the same obstacles which have ailed its previous messaging attempts. On Thursday, Google marked its first milestone as it began rolling out an update to enable a service called RCS chat on its default SMS app in the United States. I’ll spare you from a technical lesson, but here’s the gist of it: You can think of RCS — short for Rich Communication Services — as a successor to the good ol’ SMS. It allows users to access the same set of instant messaging features such as high-quality media and read receipts on an SMS app. So as long as both you and the recipient are on RCS-supported clients, you can chat over the internet as you would normally on, say, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. In case even one of you isn’t, the app will automatically fall back to SMS — similar to what iMessage offers. Google’s ultimate hope… Read full this story
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