SMS are waste, but here in the United States, it is ubiquitous. The messaging rich in communication services – RCS for short – is a favorite candidate for fans to replace him. The hope is that, eventually, everyone will be able to send a message to everyone in a way that is not nil. Google and Samsung today announced that they are working together to help make sure that each company's RCS platform (and messaging app) works well with each other.

In 2015, Google acquired Jibe Mobile, a software focused on RCS, and embarked on integrating the new sophisticated messaging standard into Android. At the beginning of last year, Samsung announced its own RCS platform. Both operate primarily on the same infrastructure, the RCS Universal Profile, but it's good to know that Samsung and Google are officially collaborating for broad adoption of the standard, rather than offering competing solutions. Samsung also notes that Android messages and Samsung Messages will send SCR messages.

RCS has many advantages over SMS: it works on Wi-Fi; it supports the sharing of large files; and we can read the receipts. It allows modern messaging features (think of something like Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp) that are not limited by the sensibility of the '90s. Now, if only more carriers supported it.