Google is rolling out RCS messaging to Android users in the US

The rollout of the successor to SMS is now underway in the US. Having brought RCS (Rich Communication Service) to the UK, Mexico and France, Google has started to deploy it in America. The move comes as Google's frustration at carriers' apparent unwillingness to commit to RCS boiled over, leading the company to take the bull by the horns and start to push its own implementation of the standard. See also: Google teams with Citigroup bank to offer checking accounts from 2020 Google may soon let third parties add options to Chrome's tab context menu Apple refreshes its privacy portal… [Continue Reading]