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		notyourday on Nov 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Upgrading Messaging on Android in the U.S. with RC... Without Apple supporting it this is not a messaging standard, rather it is another Google's fumble at creating a messaging app.

phh on Nov 14, 2019 [–]

It definitely is a standard, defined by 3GPP. Apple alone doesn't get to decide what is a standard.

Google's Messaging app is just one implementation of the protocol. There are other implementations, that are actually used. Samsung have their own, some carriers have their own. It really is an ecosystem.

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