iMessage-style SMS reportedly available to Globe, TM users via Android Messages

Globe has apparently started a slow rollout of Rich Communication Services, or RCS, the new standard that aims to replace SMS and MMS, for select subscribers.

RCS, for the uninitiated, is an upgraded SMS standard for improved text and multimedia sharing. The nearest RCS comparison would be iMessage, Apple’s proprietary messaging app between iDevices. RCS can facilitate file sharing and it can allow users to read message receipts even in group chats. The newest version of Android Messages 19 has now been found to display the option to enable “Chat Features,” but only for a number of Globe and TM subscribers. You can check and download the latest APK here to test this new feature.

Have you checked or updated your Android Messages app yet? Are you seeing the new enhanced messaging option? Feel free to sound off in the comments section below!

Editor’s Note: We have sought Globe Telecom for a statement regarding this report. We’ll keep you posted.

Heland Ortega

This article was written by Heland Ortega, Junior Contributor of YugaTech. He is a graduate of Information Technology and Multimedia Arts at FEU Institute of Technology in where he is also now working as a full-time faculty. You can follow him at @helandortega.

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30 Comments

Danny says:

7 years ago

Can’t wait for this!
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Philip John says:

7 years ago

me and my mom but not the other 4 members of the family! we’ve had it for 4 days already and it’s sweeeet.
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Raj says:

7 years ago

Long awaited but now it’s here, Good news!!!
Some reason not working for me keep saying “Excuse the wait”
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Manny P says:

7 years ago

Globe is not good in hiding secrets :D

“Philippines based, Globe Telecom also became one of the first operators to launch RCS in the Asia Pacific region this month.”

https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-rcs-messaging-initiative-takes-off-multiple-global-operators-interconnect-networks/
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Seahaven says:

7 years ago

I have the latest version now. Sadly my gf ia an iphone user so nobody to test it dito.
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K L says:

7 years ago

iba iba yung messaging app ng phone maker dapat naka vanilla android ano?
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CM says:

7 years ago

how to activate this? using globe prepaid on pixel 2 xl
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Chie says:

7 years ago

Hindi gumagana sakingnyung chat feature. Ano kaya prob?
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Mike says:

7 years ago

Works on the Note 8, but for some reason, it won’t work on my Pixel 2 XL.
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Danny says:

7 years ago

Yuga, any updates about the roll out? I still don’t have it. Tried contacting Globe support but man their agents are clueless.
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Danny says:

7 years ago

Still no news? :(
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Raj says:

7 years ago

I doesn’t work on Latest version of Messages on My Pixel, After Downgrading to 2.5.212, I was able to Use it.
It’s cool actually.
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Youji says:

7 years ago

okay naman sya sakin yun nga lang wala naman akong kapalitan ng message, wala akong kakilala na na activate yung chat feature ng android messages hehehe
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ANDREW P. says:

7 years ago

Any news if activated na or when it will be activated on Smart?
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Joshua says:

7 years ago

anyone here tried it with a oneplus 5t? im a globe postpaid subscriber
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CM says:

6 years ago

if you are having trouble to use rcs or stuck at “excuse the wait” this is how you solve it this is based on my experience 1. uninstall/disable android messages 2. uninstall/disable carrier services (if you have it) 3. turn off your phone 4. remove sim card 5. turn on your phone 6. wait for your phone to turn on then put your sim back 7. install/enable android messages 8. open android messages then if it ask you to turn enhanced messaging/chat features below click not now 9. go to settings then go to chat features then enable it (must be on wifi or data) 10. if it go through then congrats you enabled rcs but if it is stuck again at “excuse the wait” then exit the app 11. install/enable carrier services 12. go back to android messages try to enable chat features again if it go through then congrats if not wait for 1 day to activate

goodluck!
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cancer an jacky says:

6 years ago

Hi po bakit Hindi po ako naka received ng text ng 8080
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SILVRASH says:

6 years ago

Napagana ko sa 5t at Nova 3i ng gf ko
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Mannil Barlizo says:

6 years ago

Napagana ko sa 5t ko and Nova 3i ni gf
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Gilbert says:

6 years ago

hi boss, any updates to this? it’s really useful not having so many different apps. ito nalang gamit. it worked first time i plugged in my sim but now not anymore. :(
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Dhany Mae Valiente says:

5 years ago

I find the color of my messages different from the usual one and when I saw the details, it says RCS. Sad thing is, it only happened to one person and it lasted 2 days.
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