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Hello, this is Mr. Mobility. RCS
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or reach communication service is pretty
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much an advanced version of SMS and MMS.
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SMS is that global standard of text
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messaging that every carrier supports,
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every phone supports. It's been limited
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by the fact that all you can send is
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That's all. No images, no stickers,
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no reactions, nothing. It's just plain
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old boring text. Now, RCS, Rich
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Communication Services, has come to
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spice SMS up. Think of it this way, SMS
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but with all the advanced features that
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come with Telegram, FaceTime and
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WhatsApp. So you can send emojis, you
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can share stickers, you can respond with
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reactions, you get red messages, you get
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to know when the other person is typing
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at the other end. Pretty much RCS
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is all of that. What makes it special is
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that it's carrier supported. So you do
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not need to install a third party app
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like WhatsApp or Telegram. If your
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carrier or your mobile network operator
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supports RCS, it works right in the
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messaging app of your phone.
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That's the beauty. It has universal
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compatibility or interoperability.
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Originally, RCS was available only on
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Android smartphones because it was
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championed by Google.
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Eventually, Apple also adopted it and
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has implemented it in iPhone devices
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since iOS 18. That means if you have an
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iPhone running iOS 18 and newer, you can
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use RCS on your iPhone. It is safe to
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say at this point that RCS is pretty
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much universally interoperable. That
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means there are no barriers across
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mobile operating platforms anymore.
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Android is in, Apple is in. Everybody
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can get in on the action. And that's the
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beauty. You can send an RCS from your
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iPhone to an Android phone. You can send
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an RCS message from your Android phone
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to your iPhone. That's the beauty that
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now the barriers are broken. You don't
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need a third party service, a third
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party app to be able to share rich
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messages with media content. As at
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today, RCS from Android to Android has
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end to end encryption. But between
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Android and iOS, that has not been
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implemented yet. You do not have that
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full level of security even though you
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can send messages across both platforms.
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Also RCS is available for businesses to
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use to reach out to prospects to provide
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customer support. It's called RCS
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business. So the regular RCS is
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available for everyone on their phones.
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But RCS business can also be implemented
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by individual carriers specifically for
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businesses that want to push out rich
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messages with media content. And those
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media content can include images, video,
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audio, stickers, emojis, and all
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whatnot. Unlike SMS, RCS requires an
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internet connection. So, you either have
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mobile network data on your phone or
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you're connected to a Wi-Fi network for
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RCS to work on your device. Some of the
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challenges that you might face include
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if you're using an older Android or
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iPhone that is not supported. You might
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not be able to use RCS on that device.
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So the newer the model of your
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smartphone is, the greater the chances
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that you'll be able to use RCS on it.
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How can you tell if your phone supports
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RCS? Go to your messages. Get to the
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settings and check if your carrier
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and your phone supports RCS. You will
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listed in there in your messages. The
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same thing applies to iPhone devices.
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You go to the settings of your iPhone,
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type RCS into the search bar there. It
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it will show you the location for your
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RCS settings. You go there. If you see
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it there, you can enable it. You can
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disable it. If you do not see it there,
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it's either your phone does not support
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RCS or your carrier does not support
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RCS. But this is the future of SMS and
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perhaps it is the future of messaging on
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our smartphones. Finally, a messaging
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platform that everyone can use. Let me
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know if you have other questions about
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RCS messaging and I'll be happy to help.
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