The Verge's Dieter Bohn dives into the messy past and uncertain future of Rich Communication Services, or RCS, a new texting standard that Google had been pushing for Android users.
Guests include:

Sanaz Ahari, Senior Director of Communications Products at Google

Ron Amadeo, reviews editor at Ars Technica


Relevant links:

RCS: What it is and why you might want it

AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps

Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCS in Android Messages beta

SVP of Android offers open invitation to help Apple put RCS texting on the iPhone


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