Enabling RCS chats on Android only takes a few taps. Make sure you have an active SIM card inserted in your phone, and, in ...

Currently, Messages (formerly known as Android Messages and colloquially referred to as Google Messages) is the only app from Google that fully supports SMS and MMS texting using your SIM card number.

When you're having problems sending text messages on your Android phone, there's often a simple explanation for what's going wrong. An outdated Google Messages App, SIM card issues, or unknowingly ...

“Sent As Sms Via Server” On Android Explained. in 2025, Google launched a new messaging protocol called the RCS or Rich communication services.

While RCS-powered texting is currently only available on Android phones, Google reported in May that there are now half a billion people actively using the standard in its Messages app. Google's ...