A report from a Korean publication and an examination of the Samsung Messages app reveals the company is working with Google to enable Duo video calls from within the messaging app.
RCS Chat features are steadily rolling out to Android phones. If your device is supported, here's how to get them enabled!
Google has finally completed the rollout of RCS in the U.S., despite the lack of support from carriers.
Did all your non-Verizon friends get RCS a few weeks back and you feel left out? Never fear, Google is here to save the day with a new Carrier Services update that enables the feature. We'll tell you what you need to do.
On November 14, Google officially flipped the switch and enabled RCS functionality in its Messages app for everyone in the U.S. Have you turned it on yet?
RCS is the thing that makes your texts act more like popular third-party messaging apps — and Google is pushing hard to get everyone involved.
CCMI is bringing an RCS-like messaging experience to Android. Will all smartphone users finally get the features we've come to expect from other messaging apps?
Preempting the carriers, Google is going to let all Android users in the U.S. start using RCS from today. It'll be powered by the Messages application.
Synchronoss Technologies and WIT Software have been chosen to build the network and the app that's going to run RCS messaging on all four U.S. carriers, as well as Android and iOS-powered devices. Here's what that means for you.
Carriers know that done right, RCS offers new business opportunities. We just have a different definition of right than carriers do.
With all of the tumult surrounding the rollout of RCS, I just don't understand why so many people are so enthusiastic about using it right now. It's not my duty as a messaging app user to be the one to die on the RCS hill — I can use something else and try it when it's finished.
A Google Product Director has confirmed on Twitter that Pixel 4 will get support for RCS messaging and DSDS for two SIM cards when connected to Google Fi.
There's a lot of interest in Google's RCS chat features for its Messages app, and while it's certainly exciting, it won't have the impact the market needs until Apple also adopts the RCS standard.
This is why we can't have good things.
A hack that allowed users to enable RCS on their device using Messages, regardless of their carrier or country, has now started to malfunction, as many report the functionality disappearing from their phones.
Over the weekend, it was discovered that you can enable RCS messaging via the Google Messages app on any Android phone regardless of which carrier you use. Have you gone ahead and done this yet?
RCS chat has been a long, long time coming, and while the carriers around the world can't seem to agree on how to implement things, Google has already built everything into its Messages app. A simple setting magically enables RCS chat on many phones right now.
The major U.S. carriers are working together to create an RCS-based interoperable messaging service for Android devices.
Check it out, the NYPost wants you to get mad about something stupid. Let's all point and laugh.
Google SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer has confirmed that the company will soon begin rolling out its RCS Chat feature in more countries. However, Android users in the U.S. may have to wait longer for the rollout to begin.