Google says more than 40 carriers and device manufacturers now use its platform for RCS, the next generation of SMS

wealthy communication functions (RCS) is really the ordinary for the subsequent technology of text messaging, with apps like WhatsApp, facebook Messenger, LINE and others now offering aspects that go a long way beyond the ordinary SMS-based messaging apps that tend to ship along with your cellphone — except, of route, you’re an Apple and iMessage user.

As Google announced nowadays, greater than 40 carriers and machine producers now use its RCS platform (out of a total of about 60 that at present assist it). That’s up from the 27 Google stated final yr.

RCS is a GSM regular, however its largest champion has long been Google, which appears on the carrier to permit its Android platform to get as a minimum some characteristic parity with Apple’s iMessage carrier.

With mobile World Congress arising next week, it’s no shock that Google wants to speak somewhat greater about RCS ahead of the event. peculiarly, the business these days stated enterprise Messaging as one of the crucial significant features of the new provider. With this, companies can ship verified prosperous messages with boarding passes, bank card fraud alerts and kit start notifications, for instance. those messages can include advised replies and movements (trade seat, name airline, and many others.).

The general Android Messages app began supporting it a yr ago and with Jibe, Google offers a platform for launching and managing RCS services.

Over the path of the remaining year, a number of new carriers in Europe and Latin American have signed on to Google’s Jibe RCS cloud, together with the usa Movil, AT&T, Celcom Axiata, Freedom cellular, Oi, Telia and Telefonica.

among the many partners is messaging carrier Twilio, which today introduced it has introduced support for RCS to its carrier. “by making rich, interactive messaging aspects attainable to consumers in their default messaging app, RCS has the competencies to be as ubiquitous as SMS is nowadays,” Patrick Malatack, VP of Product and GM of Messaging at Twilio told me. “developers choose to build this messaging journey using Twilio as a result of as a substitute of wrestling with adaptations in APIs and tooling, they can integrate every messaging channel — together with RCS — into their functions via one fundamental API. we can’t wait to see what our valued clientele construct.”

other companions Google has labored with encompass 3C, CM.com, Mobivity, OpenMarket and Smooch.

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