Its going to be called “Chat,” and its based on a standard called the “Universal Profile for Rich Communication Services.” SMS is the default that everybody has to fall back to, and so Googles goal is to make that default texting experience on an Android phone as good as other modern messaging apps.Its going to be called “Chat,” and its based on a standard called the “Universal Profile for Rich Communication Services

What is SMS chat?

SMS Chat is a quick and easy way to send and reply to text messages and have two-way conversations. Before using SMS Chat, you must ensure you are able to receive incoming messages and are not using a Sender ID (as people cannot reply to you if you send messages from your company name).

Whats the difference between WhatsApp and texting?

Someone using WhatsApp cannot send messages to a person using Facebook Messenger. With texting, you can send or receive messages using any cell phone, no matter the cellular carrier. On the other hand, texting is native to each mobile device, so the only requirement to send text messages is a cell phone.