Google says more than 40 carriers and device manufacturers now support RCS, the next generation of S

Techcrunch ---------- Rich Communication Services (RCS) is basically the standard for the next generation of text messaging, with apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, LINE and others now offering features that go far beyond the standard SMS-based messaging apps that tend to ship with your phone — unless, of course, you are an Apple and iMessage user.As Google announced today, more than 40 carriers and device manufacturers now support RCS. That’s up from the 27 Google cited last year. RCS is a GSM standard, but its biggest champion has long been Google, which looks at the service to allow its Android platform to get at least some feature parity with Apple’s iMessage service. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.