is the next-generation text messaging protocol that most carriers in the world have agreed should replace the messaging service.
RCS Chat is betting on Google to create a native chat application similar to iMessage. In practice, it is as if the application SMS his Android now have features similar to the one in WhatsApp, such as reading confirmation, group creation, image upload, and location sharing.
O service provides most of the features you expect from a modern messaging application, including read receipts, high-quality attachments, and typing flags (though again, there is no end-to-end encryption). The application Android Messages Google refers to RCS as “Cat“, Which is a friendlier name for the service consumer.
Will Android Messages be deleted?
The process will be Opt-in. When users open the app Android Messages, they will see an immediate offer to upgrade to RCS Chat. This also applies to new phones. O RCS Chat will be in the default application and offered to all users of the Android, but for now the plan is not to make it o pattern. Apple automatically chooses users on iMessage, but Google requires an active option.
When will it be available?
Later this month, users of the Android platform in the UK and France will be able to opt for the RCS chat services provided directly by Google rather than waiting for the endorsement of their local carriers.
