Plan to provide IMESAGE style function to Android users, officially discontinued

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RCS（Rich Communication Services）はアンドロイド業界を統合するはずでした。しかし、Verizon（ベライゾン）、AT&T、T-Mobileの3社がいずれもこの統一メッセージング・プラットフォームへの取り組みを放棄したというニュースを受けて、iMessage風のAndroidメッセージングサービスはさらなる激動の時代となりそうです。

According to Light Reading, a communication -related news site, the three major US carriers mentioned above have withdrawn from Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI), which aimed to standardize RCS by 2020.

The CCMI was a consortium led by Sprint in 2019, and was a consortium that depends on RCS -dependent messaging apps so that Android users can use platforms like Apple (Apple) IMESAGE.RCS enables advanced messaging functions and is already standardized in overseas markets.RCS realizes features such as read notifications, high -quality media, and excellent group conversations that IMESAGE users have enjoyed for many years.The CCMI was thinking about developing another app that Android users can download, so that these functions can be used together.

But the CCMI got on the reef the moment it was announced.Google has long asserted the support of RCS by Android, but the first CCMI press release had no name.Later, Sprint, the flagship of CCMI, entered the umbrella of T-Mobile.In addition, Google's Messages and other RCS -compatible messaging apps appeared in the Play Store, spurred the platform division.

The three major carriers in the United States have been relatively silent on this issue, but Berizon says to the Light Reading magazine that "responsibility is in the CCMI owner."

今のところ、RCSに本格的に取り組んでいるのはT-Mobileだけで、今後は同キャリアで購入したすべてのスマートフォンのデフォルトメッセージアプリにする予定です。しかし、それだけではAndroidユーザー間の相互運用性の問題は解決しません。VerizonとAT&Tはそれぞれのネットワークで販売される端末に、独自のメッセージングアプリを提供しています。また両キャリアはRCSへの取り組みを表明していますが、それはそれぞれのネットワーク内でのチャットに限定されています。

RCS is a standard announced in 2008 as the next generation of SMS that is still used to send text messages.However, SMS is a very outdated technology, and apps like WhatsApp are gaining popularity with their advanced functions.Google is the largest supporter of RCS, acquiring Jibe, a middleware company, and is trying to increase its compatibility in Messages.

The only way to make all Android users a true RCS compatibility is to default the apps already supported by your career and throw away other apps in trash bins.But that's not the case because the career hasn't found a way to make a profit with RCS.Also, the problem of chat with iOS devices has not been solved.Apple does not support this standard, which is probably to make iMessage exclusively for Apple devices.

Android users have long been dissatisfied with the message eco -systems on the platform.The best way to deal with this as an Android user is to set the Messages app by default and protest these complex initiatives.Apparently Google is betting on it.