When we refer to the communication that exists between two or more people in real time connected to the Internet or mobile data, regardless of the distance between the computers to send the text they exchange, we talk about instant messaging.
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It differs from email because these apps need all the people involved to be able to provide the service . These types of software have taken a major turnaround in the world of technological communications, growing their demand at a good pace.
“Google Messages” is the application to send SMS messages, but with RCS and be able to chat with the guarantee and functionality of a text message. What Google announced recently comes to break with the hegemony of WhatsApp and Telegram among others, since with Google Messanges you can communicate without using a third-party app (such as email), leaving aside the phone operators.
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What is Google Messages and what is this web application for?
As we said before, Google offers a web application for mobiles and computers (which synchronize with each other, a topic we will see later) so you can exchange your text messages through a format instant messaging.
With this application you can connect with one or more people regardless of where you are in real time being able to send emojis, videos, audio messages, etc. There is the possibility of creating groups for which you can send these messages simultaneously to different accounts.
The main advantages of this web application is that:
- Presents RCS chat features , with which you can get benefits to know when another person is writing or has read the message you sent.
- Allow Send and receive high-quality videos in an almost instantaneous way, always depending on the connection you have to the Internet.
- The application is compatible for Android operating systems with version equal to or later than Android ™ 5.0 Lollipop .
- It has a effective search system where you can find the content you share in previous conversations by touching a search icon and selecting the contact with whom you want to see the history.
- The conversations they present were designed to be more lively and simple . A great innovation of this application is that you can send and receive payments with Google Pay.
- You can make videos or photos in a simpler way to share since this version presents the option of to make these tasks directly from the application .
- It presents an intuitive design for the user to be able to make communications quickly and easily thanks to the clean design they developed for This application. Dark mode is also available when there is low light, thus avoiding eye strain.
These are some of the advantages that we consider important to communicate, but there are many others in which through your interaction with the application you will discover it one by one.
Why is it better to send your text messages via RCS? Benefits
The standardized RCS messaging system for “ Rich Communication Service ” is a protocol that is gaining ground by leaps and bounds in the instant messaging market, since it It presents really practical and comfortable benefits in the user experience.
We want to indicate, then each of them:
Standardized system
The RCS is a new standard that will allow us to use those basic functions for any mobile application that is dedicated to messaging today, that is say we can send, receive text messages, audios and videos in form snapshot .
Send images and videos in sizes up to 10 MB without losing their quality.
Universal profiles linked to each other
With this protocol we can have different profiles associated to our telephone number making this a very practical and convenient system when downloading a new application that contains the RCS format.
This means that we do not need to “ log in ” in all the places where we want to access, we will simply have to use the default instant messaging application that we have on our phone and be able to start writing directly.
Common rules within a chat
With this criterion, necessary norms or requirements must be established that all chats must have within an instant messenger . For example, we can know who is writing in real time, who has read my message, we can know if our message has come from our device and if it has reached the telephone to the receiver of our communication.
We can also know the time you last logged on and know different information about your basic profile.
If we need to share our location, either in real time or a physical location, the messaging with the RCS protocol has it included in the mandatory standards.
Group messages
With a RCS messaging we can send messages instantly to different users of the mobile application or app, and know if they have already been read or delivered to everyone.
Web browser
A great advantage that it has is that we can use our desktop computers to synchronize the activities that we have on the phone for the respective mobile messaging applications, and have our conversations in real time when we are facing to the screen performing other tasks.
Set aside the service operators
With Google Messages you can not only chat instantly, but you also don’t need to download any third-party applications so you can communicate.
You will not depend on the telephone service operators , you will only need an Android phone and a Google Chrome browser. Although it is not yet clear how it will be charged in the future, at the moment the main companies are including among their plans this courier to not leave the market.
Will we say goodbye to SMS with the emergence of RCS applications?
Although it was not definitively established that RCS will replace the SMS (by the English « Short Messaging Service «) all the actions that have been carried out since the application of this communication protocol indicate that yes they will .
To take this statement into account, we just need to know that with a RCS system, the telephone provider companies eliminate the special rates every day in order to send these instant messages.
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Another point to consider is the comfort that these services provide, if we would have to compare it with SMS we believe that no user would opt for the latter, making more and more people choose an RCS.
Steps to send text SMS using the web version of Google Messages from your computer
In order to send a short service message or SMS using the Google messaging version from your computer you will need to perform the following steps:
Download the application from Google Play
- The first thing we have to do is this step, if we do not have it on our phone, and it is to obtain the application through the following link that we provide:
- If we have a higher version we will be asked for the permissions so that Google can start using it , we click on “ continue ” and we hope to download the application. When our Google account is connected we will have to put the password we use regularly.
- A sign will appear that informs us that the application will soon be installed on our mobile, at this step we have to click on “ accept ”.
Review on our mobile
The application will be automatically installed on our smartphone . The first thing they will ask us is if you want to skip or set the application as default to use it as messages, we must put it if we want it as determined, since if we deny it in the next step they will ask us again and we will not be able to move forward until let’s say it will be the default option.
Later we will see a warning asking permission for the application to access our SMS, contacts and phone . In this step we click on « Next »
QR code
Once installed on our phone we go to the part that says « Messages for the Web «. We click there and we will have to scan the QR code that appears in the following link
Ready! We have already synchronized our phone with the computer we need to work.
Start chat
We click on the tab that says “ Start chat ” and look for the name, number or email of the person we want to contact. Here we will also see the groups to which we belong.
We accept Send SMS
Now we have to click on “ Send SMS “, the blue triangle that represents a paper plane ready! We have sent our chat . In this way we can send videos and photos, we will only have to go to “ add file ”, select the one we want to send and will immediately be able to be sent to our contact.
Are there more RCS applications besides Google Message? Alternatives
There are no other applications that use the RCS protocol at the moment, what Google is doing is developing it and leaving it to the operators , but Google is silent on this point.
There are alternatives for instant messaging. Apart from the famous WhatsApp and Telegram, we can name you with respect to Google the following:
- Google Talk
- Google+ Messenger
- Hangouts
- Spaces
- Chat
- Google Voice
- Google Buzz
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