It looks like T-Mobile is rolling out support for RCS messaging in Google’s Messenger app on Android, according to reports from various social networks across the internet that were spotted by Android Police.

RCS (rich communication services) has been hailed as the savior of texting — a next-generation messaging standard for sending text and pictures without the limitations that SMS currently has. You can, for instance, send messages longer than 160 characters, which is still impossible to do through SMS.

Unlike services like Facebook Messenger or iMessage, RCS requires carrier-side implementation. Google has been pushing this for the last couple years, but it’s been slow moving. T-Mobile actually announced support for RCS messages in…

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