Google Develops ‘Chat’ Encompassing Apple iMessage Like Functionalities

Google’s Android Operating System is known for its widely customisable features and the immense range of applications which the Google Play Store offers. Along with that, the Android ecosystem supports devices from every price range, which makes it the most loved mobile operating system of all time. However, despite all the positive reviews Android still lags behind when it comes to messaging services and gets beaten by Apple whose iMessage service has been the favourite of its users since a very long time. Users like it so much that many have even refused to transition to Android because of the utility of the iMessage application. But now things might be about to change since Google has decided to bring an application called ‘Google Chat’ which will encompass functionalities of iMessage and will allow Android users to use the messaging service effortlessly.

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The new Chat app, as reported by The Verge will rely heavily on the Rich Communication Services (RCS) for SMS/MMS and work and will also work in sync with multiple carriers and OEMs around the world which will result in an overall better and unified texting experience on the platform. Customers can send messages, full resolution photos and videos over their data connection via RCS. Still, there exists a fundamental difference between the working of iMessage and Chat where the Apple based service uses its own servers to route messages the Chat application is going to do that using the telecom carriers.