Tag Archives: Advanced Messaging

Samsung improving its RCS messaging service, names T-Mobile as one of its carrier partners

Samsung today announced some news regarding Rich Communication Services (RCS), and T-Mobile is involved. Samsung says that it’s expanding its RCS messaging service using thanks to its recent acquisition of NewNet Communication Technologies. The service offers many of the features that you’d expect from RCS, including group chats and large file transfers, and Samsung touts that its RCS “is compliant with the latest GSMA RCS specifications.” The good news is that Samsung is making its RCS … [read full article]

T-Mobile says 5.5 million subscribers using Advanced Messaging

Last July, T-Mobile launched Advanced Messaging, which offers improved text messaging with features like delivery and read receipts and support for sending larger attachments. Fast-forward to today and we’ve now got an idea of how much Advanced Messaging is actually being used. T-Mobile today said that more than 5.5 million customers are using its Rich Communication Services (RCS)-backed Advanced Messaging and … [read full article]

T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 update brings Android 5.1.1, Advanced Messaging, and T-Mo Video Calling

UPDATE: The Galaxy Note Edge is getting an update, too.   Today is Cyber Monday, and while most folks will be focused on deals, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 owners have something else to get excited about. T-Mobile says that it’s now pushing an update to the Galaxy Note 4. There are actually two different updates for the two different versions of … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy Note 5, S6 edge+, S6, and S6 edge all getting updates today

If you’ve got a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 edge+, may have gotten an update early this morning. T-Mobile has confirmed the update on its Note 5 and S6 edge+ support pages, saying that the updates include “Video Calling UI updates.” That’s certainly not the most exciting update changelog I’ve ever seen, but hey, a better Video Calling UI is good! Woo! This … [read full article]

Check out T-Mobile Advanced Messaging in action

T-Mobile recently introduced Advanced Messaging, a new feature that improves upon standard text messaging by utilizing the Rich Communications Services standard to offer “near real-time chat,” delivery and read receipts, and support for sending large files. Unfortunately, Advanced Messaging is currently only available on the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime. Thanks to Des Smith, though, everyone can get a peek at the feature in action. [read full article]

T-Mobile Advanced Messaging will beef up your text messaging experience

T-Mobile may not have a new Un-carrier Amped move for us this week, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have anything cool to share. T-Mo has announced Advanced Messaging, a new feature that utilizes the Rich Communications Services standard to offer beefed up text messaging. Using RCS, you get rich one-on-one and group messaging that includes, “near real-time chat,” the ability to see when your sent … [read full article]