Google expands test for iMessage-like reactions for RCS chats in its Messages app

Update: The feature seems to be live for everyone in the latest beta

• Update 1: 2020/05/13 8:39pm PDT
  The feature has been spotted rolling out more widely, with widespread reports of chat message reactions appearing in RCS-enabled conversations as a result of today's Messages 6.1.088 beta release.

RCS messaging may not be the iMessage killer for Android that some folks hoped it would be, but it is finally giving us a decent replacement to aging SMS standards. Thanks to Google, we didn't have to worry about the carriers botching it, either.

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