Verizon to make Google's Messages default app on Android devices from 2022
Verizon Communications will make Google's Messages the
default messaging app on all Android devices it sells starting next year, the
U.S. wireless carrier said on Tuesday.
With that move, Verizon would join
peers AT&T Inc and T-Mobile US Inc in propping up competition to Apple
Inc's iMessage service.
Alphabet Inc-owned Google's Messages comes with features similar
to those in iMessage, using Rich Communication Services (RCS) technology to
replace SMS-based texts.
Apple's iMessage is limited to users who use the company's
devices, and the iPhone maker has not yet indicated any plans to extend the
feature to Android users.
With RCS, users can send and receive high-quality photos and
videos, chat over WiFi or cellular data and know when messages were read, among
other features.
Earlier this year, AT&T and T-Mobile announced they would make
Google's messaging app as the default one on all their Android devices.
"Customers using Verizon's Message+ app will also get full
access to RCS capabilities by the end of the year," Verizon said in a
statement.
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