Conditions for using the RCS cat

Chat features on Android messages, via the RCS protocol, will be available in France at the end of June or July 2019. On the app, if a message tells you that “cat features [are] unavailable for this device”, come back later: you should be able to access advanced cat features within a few days.

RCS cat

We read the expression Chat RCS on mobile phones, especially on those that operate on Android. The RCS cat is a communication system intended to replace the exchange of SMS and MMS. It has been broadcast mainly since the beginning of 2023. The RCS cat is based on the protocol of the same name. Launched in 2008, the RCS protocol was designed to compensate for the technical limits devolved to SMS, which still pass through the cellular network. In contrast, RCS messages use mobile data. This allows users of the RCS cat to access features such as group call, file exchange, Visio call, etc. Cat RCS positions itself to compete with messaging like Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp, which already offer these features.

What are the RCS letters ?

In Chat RCS, the acronym RCS corresponds to a formula in English: Rich Communication Services, for “enriched communication services”.

Conditions of use of the RCS cat

By using Google RCS cat, you accept the conditions of use of Google, Google’s privacy rules and these Cat RCS Cat (collectively called “Conditions of Use”). The RCS cat allows you to send messages addressed to the phone numbers of your interlocutors. These messages are sent by Google and, in some cases, by other service providers (such as operators or other messaging applications). You accept that the features of your device and those of your contacts can be verified occasionally to ensure that you can receive RCS cats. Google may have to transmit information on your devices to your operator, including identifiers for your devices or information on your SIM card, to validate your phone number (SMS shipping costs may apply) and provide you with the Chat RCS service. Data costs related to the use of RCS chat can be billed to you. These conditions of use do not apply to the features and services provided by your operator (for example, calls and messages via the operator, including SMS and MMS). You can stop using the RCS cat by deactivating the parameter in messages by Google.

The RCS cat is provided by Mobile Jibe,., Company with which you are taking a contract and whose headquarters are located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. If the country code of your telephone number corresponds to the European Economic Area or Switzerland, the Chat RCS is provided by Jibe Mobile Limited, a company with which you pass a contract and whose headquarters are located at 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay , Dublin 2, Ireland. In this case, this summary of the conditions of use applies.

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How to activate RCS chat features on Android messages

Google modernizes its messaging app in France: here is how to activate advanced chat features on the Android messages application.

Thomas Coëffé / Published on June 19, 2019 at 3:01 p.m

Android messages: Google chatting features

Google’s instant messaging, an iPhone Imessage equivalent, will be deployed on Android smartphones this month in France. RCS technology allows you to activate advanced chat features, such as:

• Send messages via mobile data or Wi-Fi (rather than SMS)
• Converse with several interlocutors (group messaging)
• Know if someone is writing
• Send and receive reading accused
• Share photos in high quality or files

Google specifies that “Chat features are only offered on certain phones and by certain service providers”. To accelerate the activation of cat features on Android, Google has decided to do without operators. The use of a more or less modern smartphone should therefore be sufficient.

Activate chat features on Android messages

To transform Android messages into instant messaging application:

• Launch the Android Messages application
• Access the menu (three points, top right)
• Press parameters, then chat features
• Activate cat features

Chat features on Android messages, via the RCS protocol, will be available in France at the end of June or July 2019. On the app, if a message tells you that “cat features [are] unavailable for this device”, come back later: you should be able to access advanced cat features within a few days.

The interest of the RCS protocol for users and companies

Android messages, with chat features, can be compared to Apple iMessage. But the application goes further: in addition to private messages, content sharing and group conversations, you can invite Google assistant and access web content without leaving the application. Companies – and their consumers – will also be able to use Android messages to exchange or share data (plane tickets, reservations, etc.). Google not only intends to compete with Imessage, but also Messenger and WhatsApp, the two messaging of Facebook.

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