{"id":121712,"date":"2020-11-27T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T11:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-check-if-your-android-smartphone-has-rcs\/"},"modified":"2020-11-27T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T11:23:22","slug":"how-to-check-if-your-android-smartphone-has-rcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-check-if-your-android-smartphone-has-rcs\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Check if Your Android Smartphone Has RCS"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How to Check if Your Android Smartphone Has RCS”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\"RCS<\/p>\n

You may have heard about RCS and how it\u2019s a huge upgrade over SMS, the old standard for text messaging. But how do you know if you can actually use RCS? We\u2019ll show you how to easily check.<\/p>\n

In short, RCS (Rich Communication Service) is the future of text messaging. It brings many features you\u2019ve probably used in instant messaging app<\/a>s, such as read receipts, typing indicators, and high-quality images, to standard texting.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> What is RCS, the Successor to SMS?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The rollout of RCS to phones has been long and messy. For starters, iPhones don\u2019t support RCS at all. Instead, Apple uses its own iMessage standard. Carriers have bogged down the rollout to Android devices, but Google is working to fix that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, in order to get RCS, you\u2019ll need to use an Android device. On top of that, you must have Google\u2019s Messages<\/a> app set as your default SMS app. Third-party text-messaging apps can\u2019t take advantage of RCS.<\/p>\n

With all of the above in mind, it\u2019s very easy to see if your Android device has RCS support. First, open the Google Messages app and tap the three-dot menu icon found in the top-right corner.<\/p>\n

\"open<\/p>\n

Then select \u201cSettings\u201d from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n

\"select<\/p>\n

If you see a section titled \u201cChat Features\u201d at the top of the Settings menu, you have RCS. \u201cChat\u201d is the term Google uses for the RCS features.<\/p>\n

\"select<\/p>\n

In the \u201cChat Features\u201d settings, you can enable or disable several of the RCS features or turn them off entirely.<\/p>\n

\"toggle<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all there is to it. If your device doesn\u2019t have RCS support yet, you\u2019ll likely see a pop-up message in the Messages app where you can enable it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n