Google working to bring Chat to 'more regions around the world'

When the feature launched originally it was known every bit RCS

Google's iMessage competitor Chat is going to come up to more than regions around the world presently, but that ways the hacked workaround to get the app up and running will be disabled at the end of February.

Before I go also far into this, I'll explain a brief history of Chat in Canada. the feature allows Android users to send 'read receipts,' loftier-quality photos, typing indicators and more — it's basically Google's version of iMessage.

When the feature launched originally it was known every bit RCS, but since then, Google has replaced that name with 'Chat.' In some countries like Mexico, France and the U.S., Google has enabled Conversation on all Android phones then everyone can utilize information technology.

In Canada, merely phones that are approved by the carriers tin can apply Conversation. That means that you lot tin utilize the feature on a small handful of devices. On top of this, each carrier supports unlike devices.

Google recently posted a blurb on its back up folio that says the post-obit:

"Equally we prepare to bring chat features to more than regions, users who have gotten chat features through unsupported workarounds where chat features aren't bachelor yet will encounter them disabled past the terminate of February. For these users, conversation features will be disabled for all versions of the app, including older versions. We proceed to piece of work on bringing conversation features to more regions around the world every bit soon as possible."

Leading out of this, Google toldAndroid Policethat a "transition for those using the "hack" to the official method is currently in progress, and will as well be completed by the end of the month."

This seems to suggest that Google will take Chat enabled for more people around the world by the time it cancels the hacked workaround. Notwithstanding, in that location's will be no confirmation regarding whether Canada is included until the end of the month.

Source: Google, Android Police