Google Chat based on RCS arrives in Italy and Singapore

02 May 2020
Google finally rolled out its implementation of Rich Communication Services in two more countries.

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  • Anonymous
  • J2h
  • 07 May 2020

Just got it in Turkey

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    • avid user
    • Gxx
    • 05 May 2020

    WOrld1, 02 May 2020It's a very American reply here. In Europe everybody have ... morewell if your friend does not have wifi/ wouldnt it be good to use rms/ as whats app needs a wifi connection or data

      Next to Whatsapp, Telegram, Line and all other messaging apps that exist - this is pretty useless

        Anonymous, 02 May 2020the advantage.... You can be sure that it will arrive in y... moreIf that's the sum total, it isn't more useful. I wouldn't message someone on another platform, if they don't have it.

          Anonymous, 02 May 2020the advantage.... You can be sure that it will arrive in y... moreIt's a very American reply here.
          In Europe everybody have WhatsApp or other IM apps.
          So Rcs everywhere but US it's useless and don't change the use of WhatsApp, telegram, WeChat ecc...

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            • Anonymous
            • XUv
            • 02 May 2020

            Peachy001, 02 May 2020Gonna sound like a neandathal, but not really sure I need R... morethe advantage....
            You can be sure that it will arrive in youre friend RCS client...

            With whatsapp, line, etc...
            it will only reach the recipient if they have it installed.

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              • Anonymous
              • XUv
              • 02 May 2020

              Anonymous, 02 May 2020Just roll it out taking ages almost a year for some?. I heard about RCS from many years ago...
              And already bored to death

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                • TuGa121
                • qbx
                • 02 May 2020

                I use it everyday and have no issues on my Asus Rog Phone 2 here in USA a lot of people have it already and i noticed sometimes when i text a new number or a customer text me i can see they have chat so getting usa to switch is nothing i had it on all my samsung phones before and no issues

                  RCS will never go anywhere.
                  1. Carriers, both the sender and receiver, must support it, and it’s not in their interest to do so.
                  2. Sender and receiver’s devices must support it. With the way Android is fragmented, this is highly unlikely.
                  3. Both parties must use Google’s own SMS app. Majority of OEMs have their own SMS app (ie. Samsung, Oppo, etc), and most people won’t intentionally replace their default SMS app.
                  4. Knowing Google, they would probably ignore it by next year. Look at how many services they abandoned.
                  5. It leaves out iPhone users. Considering the multi platform alternatives like WhatsApp, Facebook messenger, etc that people already know and use, who would bother with RCS and its complexities?

                    Anonymous, 02 May 2020Please explain?...,I used to get Google notification when I used Mate 20 Pro that Messages app support RCS and afternoon enabling, installing the App in settings to receive RCS(they call it as Chat feature in the settings) I started doing RCS for few days, again the Chat feature became unavailable due to server issues(unable to connect to the server) or your network doesn’t support this feature or Google will inform once the update finishes....I get any of these random messages and I totally forgot it after I moved my both Android (Note 9 & Mate 20 Pro) to iPhone XS ‘Max 512 GB & iPhone 11Pro Max 512 GB!

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                      • saddameu
                      • nDx
                      • 02 May 2020

                      USA trying hard to be a spy friendly country , USA is pretty mad it can't spy on others chats that easy so trying to get them to switch to something else

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vMf
                        • 02 May 2020

                        ASUS ROG Phone 3, 02 May 2020It never works in my region though it says RCS, 90% time ei... morePlease explain?...,

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                          • Nb4
                          • 02 May 2020

                          What's the point? The only country that needs RCS is the US. Everyone else uses Whatsapp or other messaging apps these days.

                            It never works in my region though it says RCS, 90% time either servers don’t work, nor OS won’t support or carrier won’t allow! What a sorry state!

                              Gonna sound like a neandathal, but not really sure I need RCS. Sadly, most of my chats are across WhatsApp, if I need pics. It has encryption, unlike Google's offering. Most of my friends and family are accustomed to WhatsApp and Snapchat. Kinda sick of all the messaging apps. Zoom, Duo, Teams, WhatsApp, SMS, Snapchat. That latter one is shocking. What advantage does RCS have?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vMf
                                • 02 May 2020

                                Just roll it out taking ages almost a year for some?.

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