160 characters, no more. For decades, the constraints of SMS mercilessly forced us to get creative with abbreviations and shortened sentences when messaging.No wonder we were all so ready to embrace the new freedoms of messengers like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.And yet just as you thought you’d never have to send another text message, Google is now breathing new life into SMS with the successor to this communication standard.By activating Rich Communications Services (RCS) in its Messages app for Android phones, Google is essentially ending the limits on length, while enabling photos, video…
Google’s Messages app rolls out global support for successor to SMS
