All your text messages go through google servers with chat feature on in the messages app

(I have not seen any news that what I mention below is no longer the case)

RCS is a relatively new protocol to upgrade the regular text message experiance to have modern feature like iMessage.

A lot of the cell phone carriers were dragging their feet to implement this new standard on their network, so Google stepped in and created it's own RCS service.

Google "Messages" is installed as the default SMS/MMS app on many new phones.

From what I …

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