Update 5:25 p.m.: This article has been updated with more details about 'chat.' Ever since I became a phone reviewer, my messages have been a mess. When I switch from an iPhone to an Android one, I need to remember to turn off iMessage on all of my devices ...

Google is rolling out a new chat service to replace standard texting, a move that analysts say will offer Android users advanced features already found in popular chat services such as Apple's iMessage and Facebook's WhatsApp. But the unveiling also ...

Chat, Google’s attempt to bring the universal nature of SMS to a modern messaging system. Photograph: Google Google has unveiled a new messaging system, Chat, an attempt to replace SMS, unify Android’s various messaging services and beat Apple’s ...

Google is making a big push for unified messaging on Android, an effort now known simply as "Chat." Chat, or Rich Communication Services (RCS), seeks to do away with SMS and replace it with RCS, which allows for features SMS cannot currently handle, like ...

Ever since Apple rolled out iMessages, Google has been trying to catch up, but the company never managed to come up with an instant messaging app that was just as good, or secure, as Apple’s. Long-time Android fans have witnessed the SMS/instant ...

The standard "Messages" app for Android will soon be replaced with a new app called "Chat." Chat is not a Google service, although Google did help make it. Chat is based on a new universal standard called "RCS," or "Rich Communication Services," which is ...

Did you hear? Google is releasing yet another unified messaging app at I/O this year, and is sunsetting the Allo app announced in 2016! How crazy is that?! Does anyone at that company have any clue what they are doing?!?!1!ONE?!! Lets all take a deep ...

Instead of another app, Chat is the SMS replacement we've been waiting for. Stop us if you've heard this one before: Google is planning to make another mobile messaging push. A report by The Verge shows off its next effort, simply called Chat. What Chat ...

Google is planning to take on Apple’s iMessage by bringing Rich Communication Services (RCS) to Android Messages. This RCS-based messaging service will be called “Chat” and Google hopes that it will simplify messaging across all Android devices.

It’s a problem. In fact, it’s been always been a problem. Google has spent nearly a decade trying — and failing — to fix it with an ever-rotating cast of poorly supported apps. While iPhone users have had the simplicity of iMessage built in ...