RCS could accelerate convergence of notifications and conversations RCS: What’s Going On? January 29, 2020 https://go.forrester.com/blogs/rcs-whats-going-on/
Most of Google's proposals are designed to make Google's ecosystem work better. And every little company with an ego envisions itself as the next Google so they ape technology without any logic. Like the use of containers, ip/ss, this. SMS works with zero mobile data. RCS does not. The reliance of any sort of connectivity that is dependent on higher levers of the network stack or provider is fundamentally wrong. And once again, we have the new-age mentality of replacing things that work for the sake of it - there's nothing wrong with SMS. There's no need to replace it, because it does what it's meant to do. Anything else is just absolute nonsense. Mrk
Google Messages preparing end-to-end encryption for RCS messages https://9to5google.com/2020/05/23/google-messages-end-to-end-encryption-rcs/
Google and T-Mobile join up to make RCS support work better across carriers May 26, 2020 https://www.xda-developers.com/google-t-mobile-rcs-support-cross-carrier-messages/ T-Mobile: Android Fans Just got a Texting Upgrade. T-Mobile and Google Join Forces to Expand Rich Messaging (RCS)
Is Google finally managing its messaging mess? Signs point to maybe May 27, 2020 https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/27/21271186/google-rcs-t-mobile-encryption-ccmi-universal-profile
Google completes global RCS rollout as Messages starts testing default end-to-end encryption ...any Android user can get RCS via Google’s app November 19, 2020 https://9to5google.com/2020/11/19/g...starts-testing-default-end-to-end-encryption/ The Verge: Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCS in Android Messages beta
Verizon Joins AT&T, T-Mobile in Switching to Google Messages and RCS July 20, 2021 https://www.droid-life.com/2021/07/...bile-in-switching-to-google-messages-and-rcs/
Apple holds out in adopting next-generation RCS texting standard July 20, 2021 https://appleinsider.com/articles/2...adopting-next-generation-rcs-texting-standard
A Guide to RCS, and Why It Makes Texting So Much Better Google is pushing the new standard for Android devices, which promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS August 1, 2021 https://www.wired.com/story/guide-to-rcs-why-it-makes-texting-better/
Google teasingly offers to ‘help’ Apple switch to RCS text messages October 8, 2021 https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/08/switch-to-rcs-google-tells-apple/
Tim Cook made it clear that Apple won't adopt RCS any time soon By William Gallagher @WGallagher - September 8, 2022