AT&T is the most recent service to make Messages by Google the default messaging service for all clients on Android units. The transfer will change the default messaging system, SMS, with Rich Communication Services know-how, an open normal that prioritizes media, eliminates character limits, and customarily upgrades the standard texting expertise. 

RCS unlocks the flexibility to share full-resolution pictures and ship bigger media recordsdata than SMS can deal with, it streamlines group chats, allows end-to-end encryption for one-on-one conversations, and it really works over Wi-Fi or knowledge. The transition for AT&T clients will happen quickly, in keeping with Google.

Google has been nudging the cell trade towards RCS for years, and it is lastly catching on. T-Mobile is making the change to Messages by Google, and due to this fact RCS messaging, by the tip of the 12 months, and now AT&T is doing the identical. 

However, Verizon hasn’t introduced plans to undertake RCS — and neither has Apple, for that matter.