🍪 Google wants to convert us all to the green bubble gang

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FRESHLY BAKED: GOOGLE’S TRYING TO MAKE US ALL GREEN BUBBLES

Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, ’cause Google wants to convert everyone to the green bubble gang.

Hold up, let me explain.

SMS & MMS are two types of tech that allow you to send basic texts and images/videos. Invented way back in the 90’s.

In 2007, RCS (rich communication services) came along, which was a new open standard for texts. It added lots of functionality like read receipts and video calling support.

But while Google started using RCS, Apple went and built iMessage instead, which doesn’t…