Believe it or not, but the most popular means of communication in the world, SMS is dying and WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger want to replace it.
Google has stepped up efforts to overtake both of them Google has made further progress in introducing a feature similar to Apple’s iMessage by eliminating SMS for Android users.
If you’re based in the US, Google’s Messages app now officially gets advanced chat features like read receipts, typing detectors, and better support for group and photo messages.
This update is the result of Google’s years-old efforts to make SMS obsolete.
If you don’t know, know that SMS has completed 27 years and the world’s first short message was sent on December 3, 1992.
Google announced in November that it was updating its Messages app with Rich Communication Services (RCS).
The Rich Communication Service (RCS) has been in the works since 2016 and Google partnered with mobile operators and smartphone manufacturers around the world, but its access to consumers is still possible due to the affordability of mobile operators. could not
RCS will replace the SMS or short message service on Android that has been around for more than 25 years, allowing users to chat over Wi-Fi, send and receive high-resolution photos and videos, read receipts, type Inductors will be able to use features like adding or removing people in group chats and group chats.
This feature is now available to all users across the US, they will just need a new version of Messages and carrier services after which they will be able to use the WhatsApp feature as an SMS on their phones.
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2024-09-04 12:59:28
