PSA: RCS, the successor to SMS, is now live for all US Android users
December 13, 2019
In November, Google said that it was starting to roll out RCS Chat, the successor to SMS, as Android’s primary texting platform, and as of Monday, if you are an Android user on any carrier in the US, you should now be able to use it — though you may need to update your Messages app and carrier settings (via Android Central).
In theory, RCS messaging should be an improvement over regular SMS…