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Want RCS chat on your phone right now? Here's how to enable it

#RCS #Google #RCSchat #Android #Sprint #Verizon #ATT #TMobile The latest Google Messages beta brings RCS chat to Android phones, but it needs to be enabled in a hidden settings menu. RCS seems to work in every country we tested it in (not an exhaustive list), and with several different Android phones. RCS also seems to work on all carriers we've tried, including the four big U.S. carriers. It wasn't too long ago that Google enabled RCS Chat on Android phones  in some European countries , and now it seems ready to flip the switch in a number of other countries as well. A rather astute user  on Reddit  figured out that enabling RCS on Android devices is just a few clicks away, and it has us wondering why it's this easy when U.S. carriers can't seem just  flip the switch already . Enabling RCS on your phone isn't all that different from how it worked when Google flipped the switch for European users, but it involves just a few additional steps. Firs...