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HUAWEI will bring RCS to its smartphones via Android Messages
July 01, 2025
Google’s push for Rich Communication Services (RCS) dates back a couple of years, but adoption has been slow. RCS allows users to send high-quality pictures, participate in group chats, location sharing, and video calling. Other services likeWhatsApp,Hangouts, andKikprovide features like this, but wouldn’t it be great if your default messaging app could too?
Huaweiapparently agrees because it’steaming upwithGoogleto push RCS. The companies announced today that all HUAWEI phones going forward will includeAndroid Messagesas the default messaging app. Android Messages supportsJibe, Google’s RCS hub, by default. Having that default support built into the app makes it easier for carriers to support the standard. Other companies likeSamsungare also pushing RCS, but havebuilt their own RCS hubto do so.
While this is a positive step, RCS still has a long way to go before universal adoption. Carriers must support it, and so far there haven’t been many to do so.Sprintisthe only US carrierto offer support, thoughT-Mobilewasrumoredto come on board at one point. Globally,Rogers,Orange, Deutsche Telekom, and Globeare among the 49 carriers to offer RCS messaging.
RCS is a promising technology and widely seen as the successor to SMS and MMS. But more manufacturers and carriers need to get on board for it to be widely accepted.
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