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1. True RCS isn't supposed to go through internet, it's supposed to go through same way as SMS and voice calls (which is also a data connection, but specific to
by phh 4y ago
1. True RCS isn't supposed to go through internet, it's supposed to go through same way as SMS and voice calls (which is also a data connection, but specific to sms/rcs/voice)
2. That's not a requirement even though Google does their best to kill all alternative implementations. (Samsung had one, but Google paid them a lot of money to get rid of it. I have to admit I don't know who is left with their own RCS client)
> So, RCS is not a replacement for SMS.
It's 100% a replacement to SMS, it's literally defined in the same spec as SMS over LTE, as an upgrade to SMS. Though yeah Google made it, this... uh... thing. RCS is technically a federated standard, but Google killed every part of the federation and some parts of the standard.
- izacus 4y agoRCS might be a federated standard, but before Google not even Verizon at AT&T wanted to federate.
- phh 4y agoNot sure why you'd say "not even Verizon". Verizon is literally the worst carrier worldwide (ok maybe after NTT) with regards to interoperability.
- asveikau 4y agoI think they're saying that the two biggest US carriers didn't want to interoperate. Which is insane. An SMS replacement where Verizon and AT&T users cannot message each other is insane.
- izacus 4y agoYeah, that's exactly what I meant - if those two couldn't connect their systems, who can?